Expression profiling for cancers treated with anti-angiogenic therapy

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a cancer sub-type. Provided are methods for determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer, selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer and predicting responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent. The methods are based on assessing from the expression level of biomarkers disclosed herein whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type. Companion methods of treating cancer and agents for use in treating cancer are also provided.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a cancer sub-type. Provided are methods for determining clinical prognosis and selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent based on assessing from the expression level of biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Individualisation of therapy for cancer patients is desirable in order to ensure the most effective treatment for a particular patient. Currently, it is often difficult for healthcare professionals to identify cancer patients who will benefit from a given therapy regime. Thus, patients often needlessly undergo ineffective, toxic drug therapy. The advent of microarrays and molecular genomics has the potential to aid in the prediction of the response of an individual patient to a defined therapeutic regimen.

Angiogenesis is a key area for therapeutic intervention. This has promoted the development of a number of agents that target angiogenesis related processes and pathways, including the market leader and first FDA-approved anti-angiogenic, bevacizumab (Avastin), produced by Genentech/Roche.

Treatment regimens that include bevacizumab have demonstrated broad clinical activity ¹⁻¹⁰. However, no overall survival (OS) benefit has been shown after the addition of bevacizumab to cytotoxic chemotherapy in most cancers ^(8, 12-13). This suggests that a substantial proportion of tumours are either initially resistant or quickly develop resistance to VEGF blockade (the mechanism of action of bevacizumab). In fact, 21% of ovarian, 10% of renal and 33% of rectal cancer patients show partial regression when receiving bevacizumab monotherapy, suggesting that bevacizumab may be active in small subgroups of patients, but that such incremental benefits do not reach significance in unselected patients¹⁵⁻¹⁸. As such, the availability of biomarkers of response to bevacizumab would improve assessment of treatment outcomes and thus enable the identification of patient subgroups that would receive the most clinical benefit from bevacizumab treatment.

Thus, there is a need for a test that would facilitate the stratification of patients based upon their predicted response to anti-angiogenic therapeutics, either in combination with standard of care or as a single-agent therapeutic. This would allow for the rapid identification of those patients who should receive alternative therapies.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A cancer with a given histopathological diagnosis may represent multiple diseases at a molecular level.

The present inventors have identified a molecular sub-type of high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) that has an improved prognosis and where the addition of bevacizumab to the treatment regimen significantly reduces overall survival and progression free survival. The sub-type is associated with an up-regulation in molecular signaling related to immune response and a down-regulation in molecular signaling related to angiogenesis and vasculature development, referred to herein as a “non-angiogenesis” or “immune” subtype. The inventors have found that this sub-type can be reliably identified using a range of biomarker expression signatures.

Thus, in a first aspect the invention provides a method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising:

measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type

wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of a set of biomarkers associated with angiogenesis and a set of biomarkers associated with immune response

wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated

wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.

TABLE A Angiogenesis PS Cluster SEQ ID Core Gene mean expression # Probeset ID NO (Yes/No) Symbol Orientation in Immune Group bias 2 OCHP.1836_s_at 1 Yes GJA1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4998 −0.4190 2 OC3P.1987.C1_x_at 2 Yes IGFBP5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5447 −0.3128 2 OCADNP.7251_s_at 3 Yes MMP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7734 −0.6010 2 OC3P.4984.C1-787a_s_at 4 Yes COL5A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7237 −0.6844 2 OCRS2.11009_x_at 5 Yes TAGLN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4502 −0.2326 2 OC3P.89.C6_s_at 6 Yes ELN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4746 −0.4273 2 OC3P.694.CB1-490a_s_at 7 Yes DCN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6608 −0.4760 2 OCADNP.9526_s_at 8 Yes CTGF Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5069 −0.5898 2 OCADNP.3131_x_at 9 Yes IGFBP7 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3405 −0.4693 2 OC3SNG.461-892a_s_at 10 Yes DCN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6436 −0.4910 2 OC3P.12939.C1_s_at 11 Yes IGF1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3956 −0.3536 2 OC3SNG.6042-23a_x_at 12 Yes FGFR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4413 −0.5410 2 OC3P.2790.C1_s_at 13 Yes THY1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6144 −0.4273 2 OC3SNGnh.5811_at 14 Yes DMD Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3557 −0.2186 2 OC3P.1178.C1_x_at 15 Yes CTGF Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5309 −0.5211 2 OC3SNGn.1211-6a_s_at 16 Yes COL3A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7527 −0.6400 2 OCHP.1216_s_at 17 Yes ACTA2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5347 −0.5909 2 OCMXSNG.274_s_at 18 Yes NFKBIZ AntiSense 0.0554 0.0891 2 OC3SNGn.1637-35a_s_at 19 Yes ZFP36 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0280 −0.0911 2 OC3P.1910.C1_s_at 20 Yes EGR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1851 −0.1155 2 OC3P.564.C1-358a_s_at 21 Yes VMP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1199 −0.0070 2 OC3P.3499.C1_s_at 22 Yes FAT1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4657 −0.3351 2 OC3P.7845.C1_s_at 23 Yes COL14A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3109 −0.2482 2 OC3SNGnh.3734_s_at 24 Yes TGFB2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2690 −0.1760 2 OC3P.4123.C1_x_at 25 Yes MMP14 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7302 −0.6159 2 OCADNP.2432_s_at 26 Yes EGR1 AntiSense −0.1490 −0.0805 2 OC3P.1987.CB1_x_at 27 Yes IGFBP5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5509 −0.2866 2 OC3P.14073.C1_s_at 28 Yes COL12A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4360 −0.4135 2 OC3P.2409.C1_s_at 29 Yes MIR21 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0786 0.0052 2 OC3SNGnh.14507_x_at 30 Yes RORA Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.4118 −0.3526 2 OC3P.354.CB1_s_at 31 Yes COL1A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7565 −0.6116 2 OC3P.3100.C1_s_at 32 Yes RGS2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3108 −0.2359 2 OC3SNGnh.14507_at 33 Yes RORA Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3389 −0.2364 2 OCMXSNG.5052_s_at 34 Yes FN1 AntiSense −0.4764 −0.5067 2 OC3SNGn.2375-26a_s_at 35 Yes MMP11 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4921 −0.7305 2 OC3P.2679.C1_s_at 36 Yes ANGPTL2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6830 −0.5973 2 OCADA.11214_s_at 37 Yes SPHK2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1649 −0.3022 2 OCRS2.11542_s_at 38 Yes TWIST1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6596 −0.4253 2 OCMX.15173.C1_s_at 39 Yes VCAN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7228 −0.6443 2 OC3SNGn.2538-539a_x_at 40 Yes COL1A2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.8816 −0.6950 2 OC3SNGn.8705-760a_x_at 41 Yes MGP Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1183 −0.2157 2 OC3SNG.1640-14a_s_at 42 Yes SMARCA1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5240 −0.2337 2 OC3SNG.5134-22a_s_at 43 Yes IGFBP4 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6135 −0.6133 2 OCADA.9921_s_at 44 Yes FOS Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1143 −0.1006 2 OC3P.5101.C1_s_at 45 Yes NR2F1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5796 −0.5018 2 OC3P.3764.C1_s_at 46 Yes MMP11 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5294 −0.6942 2 OC3SNG.2502-79a_s_at 47 Yes IGFBP5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5301 −0.3920 2 OCHP.1534_s_at 48 Yes LUM Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5754 −0.4696 2 OC3P.10470.C1_s_at 49 Yes TIMP3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5642 −0.5616 2 OC3SNGnh.19479_s_at 50 Yes EGR1 AntiSense −0.1970 −0.1264 2 OC3P.13634.C1_s_at 51 Yes IRS2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4432 −0.4892 2 OC3P.373.C1-533a_s_at 52 Yes RHOB Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4433 −0.2783 2 OCMX.8.C2_s_at 53 Yes EGR1 AntiSense 0.0109 −0.0248 2 OC3SNGnh.985_s_at 54 Yes ABLIM1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3497 −0.2860 2 OC3P.3458.C1_s_at 55 Yes AEBP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6274 −0.5348 2 OC3SNGn.8474-50a_x_at 56 Yes COL1A2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.8915 −0.7965 2 OC3P.81.CB2_s_at 57 Yes COL3A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7728 −0.6448 2 OC3P.564.C1_s_at 58 Yes VMP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0002 −0.0165 2 OCHP.148_s_at 59 Yes CDH11 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6261 −0.6122 2 OC3P.4001.C1_s_at 60 Yes GADD45B Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3177 −0.1886 2 OC3P.1200.C1_s_at 61 Yes VCAN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7519 −0.6159 2 OCMXSNG.5132_s_at 62 Yes COL1A1 AntiSense −0.8073 −0.6347 2 OC3P.13652.C1_s_at 63 Yes COL8A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6009 −0.6239 2 OC3P.1292.C1_s_at 64 Yes EMP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5022 −0.3751 2 OC3P.543.CB1-699a_s_at 65 Yes TIMP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7411 −0.6593 2 OC3P.2713.C1_s_at 66 Yes COL5A2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7083 −0.7010 2 OCHP.769_s_at 67 Yes PDGFRA Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5769 −0.4759 2 OC3SNGn.484-1a_s_at 68 Yes HOXC6 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1743 −0.2252 2 OCADNP.830_s_at 69 Yes IGFBP5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4702 −0.3184 2 OC3SNGn.2801-166a_s_at 70 Yes TWIST1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6419 −0.7108 2 OCMXSNG.2027_x_at 71 Yes TWIST1 AntiSense −0.6599 −0.5645 2 OCADA.8344_s_at 72 Yes TPM1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.2574 −0.2064 2 OCHPRC.15_s_at 73 Yes MSX1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0635 −0.2121 2 OC3P.11485.C1_s_at 74 Yes PSD3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5048 −0.3704 2 OC3P.11604.C1_s_at 75 Yes THBS1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4353 −0.2976 2 OC3SNGn.793-57a_s_at 76 Yes STMN3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1961 −0.1494 2 OC3P.5893.C1_s_at 77 Yes IRS1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5374 −0.4238 2 OC3P.13061.C1_s_at 78 Yes ROBO1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4637 −0.3727 2 OCMXSNG.2027_at 79 Yes TWIST1 AntiSense −0.6848 −0.6751 2 OC3P.10233.C1_s_at 80 Yes TGFB3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4452 −0.3709 2 OCMX.11138.C1_x_at 81 Yes IGF1 AntiSense −0.2342 −0.3079 2 OCADA.6468_s_at 82 Yes MSN Sense (Includes Intronic) 0.0426 0.2319 2 OC3P.7062.C1_s_at 83 Yes SGCB Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3278 −0.2089 2 OC3SNG.1705-33a_s_at 84 Yes WNT7A Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5164 −0.7588 2 OC3P.164.C1_s_at 85 Yes NID2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4941 −0.3889 2 OC3SNGnh.6980_s_at 86 Yes IGFBP5 AntiSense −0.4812 −0.2969 2 OC3SNGn.469-921a_s_at 87 Yes EGR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0509 −0.1453 2 OCMX.493.C1_s_at 88 Yes FN1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3423 −0.1453 2 OC3P.10127.C1_s_at 89 Yes HOXC6 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1116 −0.1512 2 OC3P.2278.C1_x_at 90 Yes CERCAM Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7347 −0.7399 2 OC3P.2179.C1_s_at 91 Yes SULF2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6395 −0.5969 2 OC3P.8087.C1_s_at 92 Yes GAS7 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4776 −0.4086 2 OC3P.3034.C1_s_at 93 Yes NDN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5590 −0.5346 2 OC3P.1178.C1_at 94 Yes CTGF Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4900 −0.4178 2 OC3P.10040.C1_s_at 95 Yes PDGFC Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4219 −0.3349 2 OC3SNGnh.11427_x_at 96 Yes COL12A1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3941 −0.3794 2 OCADA.1904_s_at 97 Yes PDGFC Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3168 −0.1160 2 OC3SNGnh.11631_s_at 98 Yes SDK1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.6334 −0.4632 2 OCADNP.13759_s_at 99 Yes DPYSL3 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3283 −0.1273 2 OC3SNG.5645-98a_x_at 100 Yes CCDC80 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5288 −0.3665 2 OC3SNGnh.487_at 101 Yes TPM1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2798 −0.1964 2 OC3SNG.3829-22a_s_at 102 Yes CSRNP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0370 −0.1197 2 OCHP.164_s_at 103 Yes PROCR Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2058 −0.3175 2 OC3P.10157.C1_s_at 104 Yes COL15A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3492 −0.3688 2 OCMX.11138.C1_at 105 Yes IGF1 AntiSense −0.2100 −0.3583 2 OC3SNGnh.11427_at 106 Yes COL12A1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.3071 −0.1665 2 OCHP.1423_s_at 107 Yes APCDD1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4017 −0.3332 2 OCADNP.8535_s_at 108 Yes FGFR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2415 −0.2793 2 OC3P.13517.C1_s_at 109 Yes EDA2R Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4296 −0.2344 2 OC3SNGnh.1613_at 110 Yes ACSL4 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.1428 −0.0762 2 OCMX.2061.C1_s_at 111 Yes ENC1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3510 −0.3167 2 OC3P.560.C1_s_at 112 Yes JAM3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5978 −0.7041 2 OC3SNG.1834-947a_s_at 113 Yes COL10A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5399 −0.4784 2 OC3P.6769.C1_s_at 114 Yes HOPX Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3602 −0.3815 2 OC3SNGn.2612-800a_s_at 115 Yes ARL4A Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2482 −0.1542 2 OCADNP.2893_s_at 116 Yes ASH2L Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.0048 0.0555 2 OCRS.320_s_at 117 Yes NOX4 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1853 −0.1276 2 OC3SNGn.6594-7a_s_at 118 Yes COL14A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0757 0.0013 2 OC3P.5849.C1_s_at 119 Yes TYRO3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0297 −0.0889 2 OC3P.10562.C1_s_at 120 Yes COL8A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5165 −0.4212 2 OC3SNGnh.5170_x_at 121 Yes RORA Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.1302 −0.3066 2 OC3P.6842.C1_s_at 122 Yes NPAS2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1420 0.0132 2 OC3P.5913.C1_s_at 123 Yes PRICKLE2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4466 −0.4348 2 OC3SNGnh.14944_at 124 Yes PLA2R1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.1046 −0.1698 2 OCADA.7782_s_at 125 Yes GSN Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.2917 −0.2583 2 OC3P.12692.C1_s_at 126 Yes ADH5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3531 −0.2766 2 OCHP.1016_s_at 127 Yes APOD Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2923 −0.3323 2 OCHP.739_s_at 128 Yes PLAU Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2212 −0.1977 2 OC3P.8445.C1_s_at 129 Yes NRP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2833 −0.2569 2 OC3SNGn.7890-859a_x_at 130 Yes WNT4 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2175 −0.3361 2 OC3SNGnh.3154_s_at 131 Yes CHN1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5802 −0.5367 2 OC3P.305.C1_at 132 Yes BTG2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1127 −0.0791 2 OC3SNGn.6036-20a_x_at 133 Yes FGFR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3997 −0.3814 2 OC3P.697.C1_s_at 134 Yes NFKBIZ Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0166 0.0547 2 OCMXSNG.5132_x_at 135 Yes COL1A1 AntiSense −0.8603 −0.6216 2 OC3P.1878.C1_s_at 136 Yes TNC Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2603 −0.2119 2 OC3SNGnh.5090_at 137 Yes TPM1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2257 −0.1486 2 OC3P.13621.C1_s_at 138 Yes SFRP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2070 −0.2520 2 OC3SNGnh.8739_s_at 139 Yes DUSP4 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1419 −0.2038 2 OCHP.1881_s_at 140 Yes KIT Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4643 −0.5299 2 OCHP.1072_s_at 141 Yes CXCL14 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7036 −0.7096 2 OCRS.383_s_at 142 Yes COL10A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3721 −0.4865 2 OCHPRC.106_s_at 143 Yes ADAMTS2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5826 −0.6585 2 OCHP.1005_s_at 144 Yes COL5A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.6231 −0.5273 2 OC3P.925.C1_s_at 145 Yes ANTXR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7671 −0.6024 2 OC3P.9910.C1_s_at 146 Yes FBLIM1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7257 −0.4521 2 OCRS2.9432_s_at 147 Yes SPAG16 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1089 0.0000 2 OC3SNGnh.16119_at 148 Yes PDGFD Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.1329 −0.2945 2 OCADNP.7019_s_at 149 Yes PLXNA4 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1474 −0.3637 2 OC3P.8373.C1_s_at 150 Yes SDC2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4106 −0.4582 2 OC3P.13498.C1_s_at 151 Yes NAV1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.5696 −0.4732 2 OC3SNGnh.19238_s_at 152 Yes TIMP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.7506 −0.8010 2 OC3P.2537.CB1_s_at 153 Yes MYL9 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3703 −0.2316 2 OCADA.6829_s_at 154 Yes MAP3K1 Sense (Includes Intronic) −0.1712 −0.0706 2 OC3P.5230.C1_s_at 155 Yes EPDR1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.4676 −0.3070 2 OCADA.3572_s_at 156 Yes TRIM13 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.3381 −0.2101 2 OCADA.7893_s_at 157 Yes EFNA5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1234 −0.1621 2 OC3SNG.1306-60a_s_at 158 Yes DDR2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2990 −0.4008 2 OC3P.850.C1-1145a_s_at 159 Yes COL4A1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.8270 −0.8242 2 OC3SNGnh.9087_at 160 Yes EFNA5 AntiSense −0.2111 −0.0308 2 OC3SNGnh.12139_at 161 Yes FYN Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1142 −0.1521

TABLE B Immune PS Cluster SEQ ID Core Gene mean expression # Probeset ID NO (Yes/No) Symbol Orientation in Immune Group bias 1 OC3P.141.C13_s_at 162 Yes HLA-F Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3512 0.4146 1 OC3SNGn.2735-12a_s_at 163 Yes HLA-DPA1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4004 0.4337 1 OC3P.5227.C1_s_at 164 Yes HCLS1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0636 0.0808 1 OCHP.345_s_at 165 Yes SFN Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1115 0.1967 1 OCMXSNG.5067_s_at 166 Yes B2M Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3440 0.4275 1 OC3P.7557.C1_s_at 167 Yes NLRC5 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3322 0.4390 1 OCRS2.2571_s_at 168 Yes HCLS1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0461 0.0695 1 OCMXSNG.5608_at 169 Yes APOL1 AntiSense 0.2376 0.2180 1 OCRS2.4310_s_at 170 Yes ITGB2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0740 0.1774 1 OCHP.1588_s_at 171 Yes STAT1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3506 0.4967 1 OCHP.1640_s_at 172 Yes NNMT Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.1648 −0.2533 1 OC3P.7284.C1_s_at 173 Yes VCAM1 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2257 −0.2808 1 OC3SNG.2605-236a_x_at 174 Yes XAF1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4106 0.5108 1 OC3P.805.C1_s_at 175 Yes CIITA Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4992 0.5791 1 OCRS2.731_x_at 176 Yes HLA-B Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3616 0.5702 1 OC3P.2460.C1_s_at 177 Yes IFIT2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3214 0.3687 1 OC3P.3169.C1_s_at 178 Yes GBP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1979 0.2353 1 OC3SNGn.6880-3840a_x_at 179 Yes HLA-A Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3232 0.4391 1 OC3SNGn.1244-62a_x_at 180 Yes HLA-A Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0343 0.3472 1 OCRS2.4548_s_at 181 Yes PML Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2464 0.1236 1 OCMXSNG.5528_s_at 182 Yes C1QC AntiSense 0.0561 0.1424 1 OC3P.4435.C1-401a_s_at 183 Yes IRF1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4130 0.5033 1 OC3P.8722.C1_s_at 184 Yes ITGB2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1402 0.2332 1 OC3P.1164.C1_s_at 185 Yes HLA-DPB1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0267 0.1437 1 OC3SNGn.6460-38a_x_at 186 Yes HLA-A Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0686 0.3330 1 OC3P.141.C12_x_at 187 Yes HLA-B Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3578 0.5488 1 OC3P.5468.C1_s_at 188 Yes C1QB Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1769 0.1907 1 OC3P.1177.C1_x_at 189 Yes APOL1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2318 0.1271 1 OC3SNG.1495-79a_s_at 190 Yes BST2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1831 0.2477 1 OCMX.670.CB2_at 191 Yes CD74 AntiSense 0.4907 0.5318 1 OC3SNG.4002-20a_s_at 192 Yes RASGRP2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0743 0.0246 1 OC3SNGnh.19645_s_at 193 Yes MX1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3941 0.5564 1 OCHP.366_s_at 194 Yes CTSB Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0673 0.0000 1 OCMX.125.C1_s_at 195 Yes GBP1 AntiSense 0.4669 0.5520 1 OC3P.4873.C1_s_at 196 Yes XAF1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3593 0.5107 1 OCADNP.3105_s_at 197 Yes B2M Sense (Includes Intronic) 0.3000 0.3888 1 OCRS2.2819_x_at 198 Yes HLA-F Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3840 0.4789 1 OC3P.6011.C1_s_at 199 Yes PLCG2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0644 −0.0159 1 OC3SNG.856-35a_x_at 200 Yes C1QC Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1522 0.1744 1 OC3SNGn.3058-31a_s_at 201 Yes GBP5 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4388 0.2827 1 OC3P.14483.C1_s_at 202 Yes SOD2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1843 0.2792 1 OC3SNGn.2005-402a_s_at 203 Yes CD163 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0270 0.1413 1 OC3SNGnh.10611_x_at 204 Yes BST2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0402 0.1233 1 OC3SNG.2053-58a_s_at 205 Yes FBP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2508 0.2776 1 OC3P.4732.C1_s_at 206 Yes CD44 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1702 0.1368 1 OCRS2.2819_at 207 Yes HLA-F Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4535 0.5759 1 OC3SNG.3064-21a_x_at 208 Yes CD74 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3467 0.3885 1 Adx-Hs-ISGF3A-300-3_x_at 209 Yes STAT1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2161 0.3869 1 OC3SNGn.6006-1022a_s_at 210 Yes C1S Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2849 −0.2531 1 OCADA.10565_s_at 211 Yes GBP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3837 0.4946 1 OC3P.530.C1-561a_s_at 212 Yes XBP1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2479 0.1445 1 OC3P.4729.C1_s_at 213 Yes HLA-DMB Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4402 0.5053 1 OC3P.9869.C1_s_at 214 Yes MAFB Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.2958 −0.2942 1 OCADA.3339_s_at 215 Yes DERL3 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0282 0.0194 1 OC3SNG.3595-3338a_s_at 216 Yes CYLD Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1067 0.1572 1 Adx-Hs-ISGF3A-400-3_x_at 217 Yes STAT1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2313 0.3557 1 OC3SNGn.883-5a_s_at 218 Yes TREM2 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.2394 −0.0068 1 OC3SNGnh.2550_s_at 219 Yes FCER1G Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0441 0.1559 1 OC3P.1033.C1_s_at 220 Yes LGALS9 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3702 0.4531 1 OC3P.7068.C1_s_at 221 Yes UBE2L6 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4012 0.4545 1 OCHP.1827_s_at 222 Yes SIGLEC1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3244 0.2161 1 OC3SNGn.5100-4676a_s_at 223 Yes MMP7 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0456 0.1118 1 OCADA.10811_s_at 224 Yes SLAMF7 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3653 0.3153 1 OC3P.5930.C1_at 225 Yes LITAF Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0439 0.1634 1 OC3P.10280.C1_s_at 226 Yes IFIH1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.4117 0.5086 1 OC3SNG.2984-24a_s_at 227 Yes TYROBP Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1072 0.0052 1 OC3P.10546.C1_s_at 228 Yes ALOX5 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0189 −0.0037 1 OCHP.489_s_at 229 Yes IL1RN Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1878 0.1202 1 OC3P.7013.C1_s_at 230 Yes ADAM8 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1126 0.1079 1 OC3P.1545.CB1_x_at 231 Yes BST2 Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0202 0.1606 1 OCADNP.7474_s_at 232 Yes CTSS Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3166 0.4647 1 OC3P.13144.C1-468a_s_at 233 Yes HMHA1 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.3289 0.3302 1 OCADNP.3111_s_at 234 Yes STAT1 Sense (Includes Intronic) 0.4544 0.5399 1 OCRS2.2290_s_at 235 Yes DGKA Sense (Fully Exonic) −0.0641 −0.0057 1 OC3P.77.C1_s_at 236 Yes CTSB Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0202 0.1147 1 OCMX.2432.C4_s_at 237 Yes CTSB Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.1490 0.1090 1 OC3P.9251.C1_s_at 238 Yes CD4 Sense (Fully Exonic) 0.0415 0.1595

The cancer sub-type may be defined by the probesets listed in Tables A and B and by the expression levels of the corresponding genes in Tables A and B, which may be measured using the probesets. Negative values are indicative of decreased (mean) expression levels and positive values of increased (mean) expression levels.

In a further aspect the invention provides a method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising:

measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated

wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.

According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising:

measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type, wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated.

In yet a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising:

allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B [IMMUNE LIST] and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent

wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.

The invention also relates to a method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising:

allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising:

measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.

The invention also relates to a method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising:

measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type.

In yet a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising:

measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated

wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.

TABLE C GeneSymbol GeneWeights GeneBias IGF2 −0.01737 9.8884 SOX11 −0.01457 4.5276 INS −0.01409 7.0637 CXCL17 0.012568 4.8478 SLC5A1 0.012426 4.892 TMEM45A −0.0124 6.1307 CXCR2P1 0.011427 3.1478 MFAP2 −0.01039 9.0516 MATN3 −0.01028 3.7313 RTP4 0.010052 4.9852 COL3A1 −0.01002 8.413 CDR1 −0.00916 8.1778 RARRES3 0.009056 6.8964 TNFSF10 0.008876 6.2325 NUAK1 −0.0087 6.6771 SNORD114-14 −0.00864 5.6385 SRPX −0.00862 5.085 SPARC −0.00848 6.0135 GJB1 0.008445 5.8142 TIMP3 −0.00823 6.5937 ISLR −0.0079 8.9876 TUBA1A −0.00754 9.654 DEXI 0.007271 5.5913 BASP1 −0.00724 8.4396 PXDN −0.00724 7.757 GBP4 0.007226 3.1119 SLC28A3 0.007201 4.2125 HLA-DRA 0.007197 8.3089 TAP2 0.007189 4.8464 ACSL5 0.007155 6.8703 CDH11 −0.00708 4.9925 PSMB9 0.006962 4.1122 MMP14 −0.00683 10.1689 CD74 0.006825 9.2707 LOXL1 −0.00676 9.6429 CIITA 0.006623 5.5396 ZNF697 −0.00658 7.0319 SH3RF2 0.006549 5.0029 MIR198 −0.00654 5.1935 COL1A2 −0.00645 6.0427 TNFRSF14 0.006421 9.0366 COL8A1 −0.00642 6.4565 C21orf63 0.006261 5.9811 TAP1 0.006215 8.6458 PDPN −0.00612 5.3198 RHOBTB3 −0.00597 3.5609 BCL11A 0.005943 4.3818 HLA-DOB 0.005851 4.6075 XAF1 0.005742 7.9229 ARHGAP26 0.005632 4.3991 POLD2 −0.00558 9.4183 DPYSL2 −0.00533 8.3469 COL4A1 −0.0052 7.0317 ID3 −0.00516 7.5673 CFB 0.005077 5.7951 NID1 −0.00494 4.7186 FKBP7 −0.00489 2.9437 TIMP2 −0.00468 7.5253 RCBTB1 −0.00458 7.4491 ANGPTL2 −0.00448 5.6807 ENTPD7 −0.00442 7.3772 SHISA4 −0.00403 6.0601 HINT1 0.003651 6.0724

The genes from Table C are shown ranked in Table D and probesets that can be used to detect these genes are shown in Table E.

TABLE D Gene Total Delta HR Rank IGF2 0.048910407 1 CDR1 0.045335288 2 COL3A1 0.044869217 3 SPARC 0.043434096 4 TIMP3 0.042053053 5 INS 0.04013658 6 COL8A1 0.026780907 7 NUAK1 0.026752491 8 MATN3 0.02402318 9 TMEM45A 0.016999761 10 SRPX 0.016372168 11 CDH11 0.015604812 12 MMP14 0.014583388 13 LOXL1 0.010315358 14 PXDN 0.009728534 15 COL1A2 0.009267887 16 ANGPTL2 0.006071504 17 POLD2 0.004297935 18 NID1 0.00408724 19 ISLR 0.003014488 20 SNORD114-14 0.002992636 21 CXCR2P1 0.002804432 22 MIR198 0.002173041 23 BCL11A 0.001258286 24 PDPN 0.000989109 25 TNFRSF14 0.000132838 26 ENTPD7 6.25143E−05 27 HINT1 −0.000113156 28 TAP1 −0.000379242 29 ID3 −0.000452476 30 RCBTB1 −0.000695459 31 SOX11 −0.001068812 32 SHISA4 −0.001470801 33 COL4A1 −0.001714442 34 TUBA1A −0.001817696 35 TIMP2 −0.004079263 36 FKBP7 −0.004575097 37 TAP2 −0.004597761 38 TNFSF10 −0.005307314 39 ZNF697 −0.007733496 40 CIITA −0.008785689 41 BASP1 −0.009340492 42 XAF1 −0.009760794 43 DEXI −0.009798099 44 SH3RF2 −0.009856754 45 HLA-DOB −0.009987248 46 RHOBTB3 −0.010264542 47 GBP4 −0.010747831 48 DPYSL2 −0.012042179 49 ARHGAP26 −0.012380203 50 MFAP2 −0.013981916 51 CD74 −0.016415304 52 ACSL5 −0.016912224 53 SLC28A3 −0.016996213 54 GJB1 −0.018395345 55 C21orf63 −0.019853038 56 PSMB9 −0.020314379 57 HLA-DRA −0.020436677 58 CFB −0.022202886 59 RARRES3 −0.034723666 60 CXCL17 −0.038523986 61 SLC5A1 −0.042034346 62 RTP4 −0.045259104 63

TABLE E Probeset Gene SEQ ID No. OC3P.6916.C1_s_at ACSL5 239 OC3P.5381.C1_s_at ACSL5 240 OC3P.2679.C1_s_at ANGPTL2 241 ADXStrongB12_at ANGPTL2 N/A OC3P.9834.C1_s_at ANGPTL2 242 OCMX.9546.C1_x_at ANGPTL2 243 OCADA.8226_s_at ANGPTL2 244 OCADNP.8811_s_at ANGPTL2 245 OCADA.3065_s_at ARHGAP26 246 OCADA.1272_s_at ARHGAP26 247 OC3SNGnh.16379_x_at ARHGAP26 248 OCMX.11710.C1_at ARHGAP26 249 OCADA.4396_s_at ARHGAP26 250 OC3P.15451.C1_at ARHGAP26 251 OC3SNGnh.16379_at ARHGAP26 252 OC3SNGnh.17316_s_at ARHGAP26 253 OCADA.964_s_at ARHGAP26 254 OC3SNGnh.6403_s_at ARHGAP26 255 OC3P.3912.C1_s_at ARHGAP26 256 OC3P.2419.C1_s_at BASP1 257 OCRS2.9952_s_at BASP1 258 OCRS2.9952_x_at BASP1 259 OCRS.854_s_at BCL11A 260 OC3P.14938.C1_s_at BCL11A 261 OCMX.12290.C1_at BCL11A 262 OCADA.10230_s_at BCL11A 263 OC3SNGnh.4343_at BCL11A 264 OC3SNGnh.16766_x_at BCL11A 265 OCMX.1680.C1_s_at BCL11A 266 OC3P.14938.C1-334a_s_at BCL11A 267 OCMX.12290.C1_x_at BCL11A 268 OCADA.2850_s_at BCL11A 269 OCADA.1135_s_at C21orf63 270 OCMX.14248.C1_s_at C21orf63 271 OC3P.14091.C1_s_at C21orf63 272 OC3P.14431.C1_s_at C21orf63 273 OCADA.8368_x_at CD74 274 OC3SNGnh.19144_s_at CD74 275 OC3P.104.CB1_x_at CD74 276 OCADNP.1805_s_at CD74 277 OC3SNG.3064-21a_x_at CD74 278 OC3P.14147.C1_s_at CDH11 279 OCADNP.10024_s_at CDH11 280 OCHP.148_s_at CDH11 281 OCADA.6210_s_at CDH11 282 OC3SNGnh.5056_x_at CDH11 283 OC3SNGnh.4032_s_at CDH11 284 OCHPRC.58_s_at CDH11 285 OCMX.1718.C1_s_at CDH11 286 OCADA.8067_x_at CDH11 287 OCADNP.8007_s_at CDR1 288 OC3P.295.C1_s_at CFB 289 ADXStrongB56_at CFB N/A OC3P.295.C2_x_at CFB 290 OC3SNGnh.14167_at CFB 291 OC3SNGn.5914-165a_s_at CFB 292 OC3SNGn.970-10a_s_at CFB 293 OCADNP.9683_s_at CFB 294 OC3P.295.C2_at CFB 295 OC3SNGnh.14167_s_at CFB 296 OCADNP.17538_s_at CIITA 297 OC3P.805.C1_s_at CIITA 298 OCEM.1780_s_at CIITA 299 OC3SNGnh.16892_s_at CIITA 300 OCADA.6540_s_at CIITA 301 OCHP.1927_s_at CIITA 302 OC3SNGn.354-123a_s_at CIITA 303 OC3SNGnh.4794_at CIITA 304 OC3SNGn.8474-50a_x_at COL1A2 305 OCMX.184.C11_s_at COL1A2 306 OC3SNG.115-2502a_at COL1A2 307 OC3SNG.116-9169a_s_at COL1A2 308 OC3P.60.CB2_x_at COL1A2 309 OC3P.6454.C1_s_at COL1A2 310 OC3SNG.115-2502a_x_at COL1A2 311 OCMX.184.C16_x_at COL1A2 312 OCHP.173_x_at COL1A2 313 OC3P.60.CB1_x_at COL1A2 314 OC3SNGn.2538-539a_x_at COL1A2 315 OCMX.184.C16_s_at COL1A2 316 OCADNP.4048_s_at COL3A1 317 OC3P.81.CB2_s_at COL3A1 318 OC3SNGnh.19127_s_at COL3A1 319 OC3SNGn.1211-6a_s_at COL3A1 320 OCADNP.11975_s_at COL4A1 321 OC3P.850.C1-1145a_s_at COL4A1 322 OCHPRC.29_s_at COL4A1 323 OC3SNGnh.276_x_at COL4A1 324 OC3SNGnh.18844_at COL8A1 325 OC3P.1087.C1_s_at COL8A1 326 OC3P.13652.C1_s_at COL8A1 327 OCADNP.14932_s_at COL8A1 328 OC3P.10562.C1_s_at COL8A1 329 OCHPRC.94_s_at CXCL17 330 OC3SNG.3604-23a_at CXCR2P1 331 OC3SNG.3604-23a_x_at CXCR2P1 332 OC3SNGnh.13095_at DEXI 333 OC3P.7366.C1_s_at DEXI 334 OCADA.2531_s_at DEXI 335 OC3SNGnh.3527_at DEXI 336 OC3P.10489.C1_s_at DEXI 337 OCADNP.10600_s_at DEXI 338 OCADA.1911_s_at DPYSL2 339 OC3P.7322.C1_s_at DPYSL2 340 OC3SNG.366-35a_s_at ENTPD7 341 OC3SNGnh.5644_s_at FKBP7 342 OC3SNGnh.17831_at FKBP7 343 OCADNP.7326_s_at FKBP7 344 OC3P.12003.C1_x_at FKBP7 345 OC3P.4378.C1_s_at GBP4 346 OC3SNGnh.5459_s_at GBP4 347 OCADNP.3694_s_at GBP4 348 OC3SNG.3671-13a_s_at GJB1 349 2874688_at HINT1 N/A 2874689_at HINT1 N/A Adx-200093_s_at HINT1 350 OC3SNGnh.5235_x_at HINT1 351 2874702_at HINT1 N/A 2874727_at HINT1 N/A 200093_s_at HINT1 352 2874697_at HINT1 N/A 2874725_at HINT1 N/A 2874696_at HINT1 N/A 2874737_at HINT1 N/A 2874735_at HINT1 N/A Adx-200093-up_s_at HINT1 353 OC3P.14829.C1_s_at HLA-DOB 354 ADXBad55_at HLA-DOB N/A OC3P.674.C1_s_at HLA-DRA 355 OCADNP.8307_s_at HLA-DRA 356 OC3P.2407.C1_s_at ID3 357 ADXGood100_at IGF2 N/A OC3SNG.899-20a_s_at IGF2 358 OC3SNGn.5728-103a_x_at IGF2 360 OC3P.4645.C1_s_at IGF2 363 OC3SNGnh.19773_s_at IGF2 364 OCADNP.10122_s_at IGF2 365 OCADNP.7400_s_at IGF2 366 ADXGood100_at INS N/A OCADNP.17017_s_at INS 359 OC3SNGn.5728-103a_x_at INS 360 OCEM.2174_s_at INS 361 OCEM.2035_x_at INS 362 OC3P.4645.C1_s_at INS 363 OC3SNGnh.19773_s_at INS 364 OCADNP.10122_s_at INS 365 OCADNP.7400_s_at INS 366 OCEM.2035_at INS 367 OC3P.9976.C1_x_at ISLR 368 OCHP.1306_s_at LOXL1 369 OCADA.10621_s_at MATN3 370 OC3P.2576.C1_x_at MFAP2 371 OCHP.1079_s_at MFAP2 372 OC3P.11139.C1_s_at MIR198 373 OC3P.211.C1_x_at MIR198 374 ADXBad7_at MIR198 N/A OCHP.462_s_at MIR198 375 OC3SNGn.8954-766a_s_at MIR198 376 OCADNP.4997_s_at MIR198 377 OCHP.228_s_at MMP14 378 OC3P.4123.C1_x_at MMP14 379 OC3P.4123.C1_s_at MMP14 380 OCADA.1433_x_at NID1 381 OCADNP.7347_s_at NID1 382 OC3P.3404.C1_s_at NID1 383 OC3SNGn.3328-664a_s_at NID1 384 OCADNP.9225_s_at NUAK1 385 ADXStrongB87_at NUAK1 N/A OC3SNGn.2676-391a_s_at NUAK1 386 OCHPRC.111_s_at PDPN 387 OCADNP.10047_s_at PDPN 388 OCHPRC.96_s_at PDPN 389 OC3P.13523.C1_s_at PDPN 390 OC3SNG.4571-22a_x_at POLD2 391 OCEM.1126_s_at POLD2 392 ADXGood4_at POLD2 N/A OC3SNGn.890-5a_s_at POLD2 393 OC3P.14770.C1_s_at PSMB9 394 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OC3SNGnh.971_s_at SLC28A3 429 OCADA.4025_s_at SLC28A3 430 OC3P.9666.C1_s_at SLC28A3 431 OC3P.5726.C1_s_at SLC5A1 432 OCADNP.7872_s_at SLC5A1 433 OCRS2.10331_x_at SNORD114-14 434 OCRS2.8538_x_at SNORD114-14 435 OCRS2.10331_at SNORD114-14 436 OC3SNGn.2110-23a_s_at SOX11 437 OCHP.1171_s_at SOX11 438 OCHP.1523_s_at SOX11 439 OC3SNGnh.19157_x_at SPARC 440 OCHP.508_s_at SPARC 441 OC3P.148.CB1-990a_s_at SPARC 442 OCEM.2143_at SPARC 443 OC3SNG.2614-40a_s_at SPARC 444 OC3P.148.CB1_x_at SPARC 445 OCEM.2143_x_at SPARC 446 OC3SNG.1657-20a_s_at SRPX 447 ADXGoodB4_at TAP1 N/A OC3SNG.2665-23a_s_at TAP1 448 OC3P.5602.C1_s_at TAP2 449 OCADNP.2260_s_at TAP2 450 OCADNP.8242_s_at TAP2 451 OC3SNGnh.18127_s_at TAP2 452 OC3P.14195.C1_s_at TIMP2 453 OCHP.320_s_at TIMP2 454 OC3P.543.CB1_x_at TIMP2 455 OC3SNGnh.19238_s_at TIMP2 456 OC3P.543.CB1-699a_s_at TIMP2 457 OCADNP.14191_s_at TIMP2 458 OCADNP.13017_s_at TIMP3 459 OCADA.9324_s_at TIMP3 460 OCHP.1200_s_at TIMP3 461 ADXGood73_at TIMP3 N/A OC3P.10470.C1_s_at 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According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising: allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent

wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.

In yet a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising:

measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.

According to all relevant aspects of the invention the subject (whose clinical prognosis is determined) is receiving, has received and/or will receive a standard chemotherapeutic treatment for the subject's cancer type and/or has not, is not and/or will not receive an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent. In certain embodiments the standard chemotherapeutic treatment comprises, consists essentially of or consists of a platinum based-chemotherapeutic agent, a mitotic inhibitor, or a combination thereof. In specific embodiments the standard chemotherapeutic treatment comprises, consists essentially of or consists of carboplatin (or cisplatin) and/or paclitaxel.

Good prognosis may indicate increased progression free survival and/or overall survival rates and/or decreased likelihood of recurrence or metastasis compared to subjects with cancers that do not belong to the sub-type. Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases.

A therapeutic agent is “contraindicated” or “detrimental” to a patient if the cancer's rate of growth is accelerated as a result of contact with the therapeutic agent, compared to its growth in the absence of contact with the therapeutic agent and/or if the therapeutic agent is toxic to a patient. Growth of a cancer can be measured in a variety of ways. For instance, the size of a tumour, or measuring the expression of tumour markers appropriate for that tumour type. A therapeutic agent can also be considered “contraindicated” or “detrimental” if the patient's overall prognosis (progression free survival and/or overall survival) is reduced by the administration of the therapeutic agent.

A cancer is “responsive” to a therapeutic agent if its rate of growth is inhibited as a result of contact with the therapeutic agent, compared to its growth in the absence of contact with the therapeutic agent. Growth of a cancer can be measured in a variety of ways. For instance, the size of a tumor or measuring the expression of tumour markers appropriate for that tumour type. A cancer can also be considered responsive to a therapeutic agent if the patient's overall prognosis (progression free survival and/or overall survival) is improved by the administration of the therapeutic agent.

A cancer is “non-responsive” to a therapeutic agent if its rate of growth is not inhibited, or inhibited to a very low degree or to a non-statistically significant degree, as a result of contact with the therapeutic agent when compared to its growth in the absence of contact with the therapeutic agent. As stated above, growth of a cancer can be measured in a variety of ways, for instance, the size of a tumour or measuring the expression of tumour markers appropriate for that tumour type. A cancer can also be considered non-responsive to a therapeutic agent if the patient's overall prognosis (progression free survival and/or overall survival) is not improved by the administration of the therapeutic agent. Still further, measures of non-responsiveness can be assessed using additional criteria beyond growth size of a tumor such as, but not limited to, patient quality of life, and degree of metastases.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to a subject wherein the subject is selected for treatment on the basis of a method as described herein and wherein an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is not administered (if the cancer is determined to belong to the subtype).

The invention also relates to a method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent and not administering an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject, wherein the subject has a cancer that has been determined to belong to a cancer sub-type, (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B, by either:

(i) measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,

wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type

wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74; or

(ii) measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type

wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.

According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject is selected for treatment on the basis of a method as described herein and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent (if the cancer is determined to belong to the subtype).

In yet a further aspect, the present invention relates to a chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that has been determined to belong to a cancer sub-type, (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B, by either:

(i) measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type

wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74; or

(ii) measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type

wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C

and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.

The invention also relates to a method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B and wherein an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is not administered.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.

According to all aspects of the invention the chemotherapeutic agent may comprise a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent, an alkylating agent, an anti-metabolite (such as 5FU), an anti-tumour antibiotic, a topoisomerase inhibitor, a mitotic inhibitor, or a combination thereof. In certain embodiments the chemotherapeutic agent comprises a platinum based-chemotherapeutic agent, a mitotic inhibitor, or a combination thereof. In specific embodiments the chemotherapeutic agent comprises carboplatin and/or paclitaxel. The chemotherapeutic agent may reflect the standard of care treatment for the cancer. The standard of care treatment may differ for different types of cancer—for example, carboplatin in ovarian cancer, 5FU in colorectal cancer, platinum in head and neck cancer.

According to all aspects of the invention assessing whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type may comprise the use of classification trees.

According to all aspects of the invention assessing whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type may comprise:

determining a sample expression score for the biomarkers;

comparing the sample expression score to a threshold score; and

determining whether the sample expression score is above or

equal to or below the threshold expression score,

wherein if the sample expression score is above or equal to the threshold expression score the cancer belongs to the sub-type.

The sample expression score and threshold score may also be determined such that if the sample expression score is below or equal to the threshold expression score the cancer belongs to the sub-type.

“Expression levels” of biomarkers may be numerical values or directions of expression.

In certain embodiments the expression score is calculated using a weight value and/or a bias value for each biomarker. In specific embodiments the at least two biomarkers from Table A are weighted as 1/N where N is the number of biomarkers used from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B is weighted as 1/M where M is the number of biomarkers used from Table B.

As used herein, the term “weight” refers to the absolute magnitude of an item in a mathematical calculation. The weight of each biomarker in a gene expression classifier may be determined on a data set of patient samples using learning methods known in the art. As used herein the term “bias” or “offset” refers to a constant term derived using the mean or median expression of the signatures genes in a training set and is used to mean- or median-center each gene analyzed in the test dataset.

By expression score is meant a compound decision score that summarizes the expression levels of the biomarkers. This may be compared to a threshold score that is mathematically derived from a training set of patient data. The threshold score is established with the purpose of maximizing the ability to separate cancers into those that belong to the sub-type and those that do not. The patient training set data is preferably derived from cancer tissue samples having been characterized by sub-type, prognosis, likelihood of recurrence, long term survival, clinical outcome, treatment response, diagnosis, cancer classification, or personalized genomics profile. Expression profiles, and corresponding decision scores from patient samples may be correlated with the characteristics of patient samples in the training set that are on the same side of the mathematically derived score decision threshold. In certain example embodiments, the threshold of the (optionally linear) classifier scalar output is optimized to maximize the sum of sensitivity and specificity under cross-validation as observed within the training dataset.

The overall expression data for a given sample may be normalized using methods known to those skilled in the art in order to correct for differing amounts of starting material, varying efficiencies of the extraction and amplification reactions, etc.

In one embodiment, the biomarker expression levels in a sample are evaluated by a linear classifier. As used herein, a linear classifier refers to a weighted sum of the individual biomarker intensities into a compound decision score (“decision function”). The decision score is then compared to a pre-defined cut-off score threshold, corresponding to a certain set-point in terms of sensitivity and specificity which indicates if a sample is equal to or above the score threshold (decision function positive) or below (decision function negative).

Using a linear classifier on the normalized data to make a call (e.g. cancer belongs to the sub-type or not) effectively means to split the data space, i.e. all possible combinations of expression values for all genes in the classifier, into two disjoint segments by means of a separating hyperplane. This split is empirically derived on a large set of training examples. Without loss of generality, one can assume a certain fixed set of values for all but one biomarker, which would automatically define a threshold value for this remaining biomarker where the decision would change from, for example, belonging to the sub-type or not. The precise value of this threshold depends on the actual measured expression profile of all other biomarkers within the classifier, but the general indication of certain biomarkers remains fixed. Therefore, in the context of the overall gene expression classifier, relative expression can indicate if either up- or down-regulation of a certain biomarker is indicative of belonging to the sub-type or not. In certain example embodiments, a sample expression score above the threshold expression score indicates the cancer belongs to the subtype. In certain other example embodiments, a sample expression score above a threshold score indicates the subject has a good clinical prognosis compared to a subject with a sample expression score below the threshold score. In certain other example embodiments, a sample expression score above the threshold score indicates the subject has an increased relative risk of experiencing a detrimental effect, or having a poor prognosis, if an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is administered.

In certain embodiments the biomarkers used to assess whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type do not comprise or consist of any one or more of the 63 biomarkers shown in Table C.

According to all aspects of the invention the cancer sub-type may be defined by increased and/or decreased expression levels of the genes listed in Tables A and B as shown in Tables A and B.

When a biomarker indicates or is a sign of an abnormal process, disease or other condition in an individual, that biomarker may be described as being either over-expressed or under-expressed or having an increased or decreased expression level as compared to an expression level or value of the biomarker that indicates or is a sign of a normal process, an absence of a disease or other condition in an individual. “Up-regulation”, “up-regulated”, “over-expression”, “over-expressed”, “increased expression” and any variations thereof are used interchangeably to refer to a value or level of a biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) greater than a value or level (or range of values or levels) of the biomarker that is typically detected in similar biological samples from healthy or normal individuals. The terms may also refer to a value or level of a biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) greater than a value or level (or range of values or levels) of the biomarker that may be detected at a different stage of a particular disease. The terms may also be used to refer to a value or level of biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) greater than the average value or level of the biomarker that may be detected for samples of the same disease as a whole. For example, the level of biomarker may be (statistically significantly) greater than the average level for ovarian cancer samples, preferably serous ovarian cancer samples, more preferably high-grade serous ovarian cancer samples.

“Down-regulation”, “down-regulated”, “under-expression”, “under-expressed”, “decreased expression” and any variations thereof are used interchangeably to refer to a value or level of a biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) less than a value or level (or range of values or levels) of the biomarker that is typically detected in similar biological samples from healthy or normal individuals. The terms may also refer to a value or level of a biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) less than a value or level (or range of values or levels) of the biomarker that may be detected at a different stage of a particular disease. The terms may also be used to refer to a value or level of biomarker in a biological sample that is (statistically significantly) less than the average value or level of the biomarker that may be detected for samples of the same disease as a whole. For example, the level of biomarker may be (statistically significantly) less than the average level for ovarian cancer samples, preferably serous ovarian cancer samples, more preferably high-grade serous ovarian cancer samples.

Further, a biomarker that is either over-expressed or under-expressed can also be referred to as being “differentially expressed” or as having a “differential level” or “differential value” as compared to a “normal” expression level or value of the biomarker that indicates or is a sign of a normal process or an absence of a disease, disease subtype, or other condition in an individual. Thus, “differential expression” of a biomarker can also be referred to as a variation from a “normal” expression level of the biomarker.

The terms “differential biomarker expression” and “differential expression” are used interchangeably to refer to a biomarker whose expression is activated to a higher or lower level in a subject suffering from a specific disease, relative to its expression in a normal subject, or relative to its expression in a patient that responds differently to a particular therapy or has a different prognosis. The terms also include biomarkers whose expression is activated to a higher or lower level at different stages of the same disease. It is also understood that a differentially expressed biomarker may be either activated or inhibited at the nucleic acid level or protein level, or may be subject to alternative splicing to result in a different polypeptide product. Such differences may be evidenced by a variety of changes including mRNA levels, miRNA levels, antisense transcript levels, or protein surface expression, secretion or other partitioning of a polypeptide. Differential biomarker expression may include a comparison of expression between two or more genes or their gene products; or a comparison of the ratios of the expression between two or more genes or their gene products; or even a comparison of two differently processed products of the same gene, which differ between normal subjects and subjects suffering from a disease; or between various stages of the same disease. Differential expression includes both quantitative, as well as qualitative, differences in the temporal or cellular expression pattern in a biomarker among, for example, normal and diseased cells, or among cells which have undergone different disease events or disease stages.

In certain embodiments the subject is receiving, has received and/or will receive (optionally together with the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent) treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent.

According to all aspects of the invention the method may further comprise obtaining a test sample from the subject. The methods may be vitro methods performed on an isolated sample.

According to all aspects of the invention samples may be of any suitable form including any material, biological fluid, tissue, or cell obtained or otherwise derived from an individual. In specific embodiments the sample comprises, consists essentially of or consists of a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy sample. In further embodiments the sample comprises, consists essentially of or consists of a fresh/frozen (FF) sample. The sample may comprise, consist essentially of or consist of tumour (cancer) tissue, optionally ovarian tumour (cancer) tissue. The sample may comprise, consist essentially of or consist of tumour (cancer) cells, optionally ovarian tumour (cancer) cells. The sample may be obtained by any suitable technique. Examples include a biopsy procedure, optionally a fine needle aspirate biopsy procedure. Body fluid samples may also be utilised. Suitable sample types include blood (including whole blood, leukocytes, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, buffy coat, plasma, and serum), sputum, tears, mucus, nasal washes, nasal aspirate, breath, urine, semen, saliva, meningeal fluid, amniotic fluid, glandular fluid, lymph fluid, nipple aspirate, bronchial aspirate, synovial fluid, joint aspirate, ascites, cells, a cellular extract, and cerebrospinal fluid. This also includes experimentally separated fractions of all of the preceding. For example, a blood sample can be fractionated into serum or into fractions containing particular types of blood cells, such as red blood cells or white blood cells (leukocytes). If desired, a sample can be a combination of samples from an individual, such as a combination of a tissue and fluid sample. The term “sample” also includes materials containing homogenized solid material, such as from a stool sample, a tissue sample, or a tissue biopsy, for example. The term “sample” also includes materials derived from a tissue culture or a cell culture, including tissue resection and biopsy samples. Example methods for obtaining a sample include, e.g., phlebotomy, swab (e.g., buccal swab). Samples can also be collected, e.g., by micro dissection (e.g., laser capture micro dissection (LCM) or laser micro dissection (LMD)), bladder wash, smear (e.g., a PAP smear), or ductal lavage. A “sample” obtained or derived from an individual includes any such sample that has been processed in any suitable manner after being obtained from the individual. The methods of the invention as defined herein may begin with an obtained sample and thus do not necessarily (although they may) incorporate the step of obtaining the sample from the patient. As used herein, the term “patient” includes human and non-human animals. The preferred patient for treatment is a human. “Patient,” “individual” and “subject” are used interchangeably herein.

According to all aspects of the invention the cancer may be ovarian cancer,

peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer. In certain embodiments the ovarian cancer is high grade serous ovarian cancer. The cancer may also be leukemia, brain cancer, glioblastoma prostate cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, colon cancer, thyroid cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), gastric cancer, lymphoma, throat cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, multiple myeloma, lung cancer, sarcoma, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, endocrine cancer, endometrial cancer, esophageal cancer, glioma, lymphoma, neuroblastoma, osteosarcoma, pancreatic cancer, pituitary cancer, renal cancer, and the like. As used herein, colorectal cancer encompasses cancers that may involve cancer in tissues of both the rectum and other portions of the colon as well as cancers that may be individually classified as either colon cancer or rectal cancer.

In all aspects of the invention the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent may be a VEGF-pathway-targeted therapeutic agent, an angiopoietin-TIE2 pathway inhibitor, an endogenous angiogenic inhibitor, or an immunomodulatory agent. In certain embodiments the VEGF pathway-targeted therapeutic agent is selected from Bevacizumab (Avastin), Aflibercept (VEGF Trap), IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab), Imatinib (Gleevec), Sorafenib (Nexavar), Gefitinib (Iressa), Sunitinib (Sutent), Erlotinib, Tivozinib, Cediranib (Recentin), Pazopanib (Votrient), BIBF 1120 (Vargatef), Dovitinib, Semaxanib (Sugen), Axitinib (AG013736), Vandetanib (Zactima), Nilotinib (Tasigna), Dasatinib (Sprycel), Vatalanib, Motesanib, ABT-869, TKI-258 or a combination thereof. The angiopoietin-TIE2 pathway inhibitor may be selected from AMG-386, PF-4856884 CVX-060, CEP-11981, CE-245677, MEDI-3617, CVX-241, Trastuzumab (Herceptin) or a combination thereof. In certain embodiments the endogenous angiogenic inhibitor is selected from Thombospondin, Endostatin, Tumstatin, Canstatin, Arrestin, Angiostatin, Vasostatin, Interferon alpha or a combination thereof. In further embodiments the immunomodulatory agent is selected from thalidomide and lenalidomide. In specific embodiments the VEGF pathway-targeted therapeutic agent is bevacizumab.

Accordingly, in a further aspect, the present invention relates to a method for selecting whether to administer Bevacizumab to a subject, comprising:

in a test sample obtained from a subject suffering from ovarian cancer, which subject is being, has been and/or will be treated using a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor;

measuring expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers;

determining a sample expression score for the 2 or more biomarkers;

comparing the sample expression score to a threshold score;

wherein if the sample expression score is above or equal to the threshold expression score the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

selecting a treatment based on whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type Bevacizumab is contraindicated.

In certain embodiments if Bevacizumab is contraindicated the patient is and/or continues to be treated with a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor. In further embodiments if the cancer does not belong to the sub-type the patient is and/or continues to be treated with a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor together with Bevacizumab.

According to all aspects of the invention the method may comprise measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B.

The method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 or each of the biomarkers from Table F. In certain embodiments the method may comprise measuring the expression levels of 4-20, preferably 4-15, more preferably 4-11 of the biomarkers from Table F. The inventors have shown that measuring the expression levels of at least 4 of the markers in Table F enables the subtype to be reliably detected.

TABLE F GeneSymbol GeneWeights GeneBias UPK2 −0.018035721 3.359991 HLA-DPA1 0.015817304 5.777439 GABRE 0.014231336 4.945322 KCND2 0.014177587 6.395784 RPL23AP1 0.013258308 5.567101 CLDN6 −0.012995984 5.379913 ST6GAL1 0.01287146 4.244109 PKHD1L1 0.012741215 3.248153 TMEM169 −0.012606474 4.477176 SECTM1 0.012507431 6.054561 GBP3 0.012101898 5.97683 HDHD1 0.010328046 5.533878 APOBEC3G 0.009738711 6.158638 EIF2AK1 −0.009557918 5.892837 LRP8 0.009520369 3.493186 KIF26A −0.009387132 5.443061 FAAH2 0.009074719 4.674146 FAT4 −0.009068276 3.220141 RCAN2 −0.008853666 4.772453 IFI16 0.008775954 5.108484 GBP1 0.00877032 5.336176 LYRM7 0.008652914 6.816823 GNAI1 −0.008542682 7.209451 DIS3L 0.008481441 5.705728 C20orf103 −0.008457354 4.990673 LY6E 0.008385642 8.386388 FIGN −0.008364187 4.693932 GSDMC 0.008065541 4.880615 LRRN4CL −0.008011982 4.043768 C10orf82 −0.00786412 3.821355 GLRX −0.007725939 2.63047 TXK 0.007709943 3.368429 SYTL4 −0.007709867 4.018044 C2orf88 0.007705706 5.990158 PIGR 0.00766774 5.910846 DLL1 −0.00765528 3.955139 NXNL2 0.007564036 4.795136 SLC44A4 0.007531574 6.082619 SAMD9L 0.007519146 5.679514 FAM19A5 −0.007481583 4.233516 PARP14 0.007413434 6.95454 EFNB3 −0.007373074 5.0962 CHI3L1 0.007198574 9.270811 TCIRG1 0.007149493 7.692661 WNT11 −0.006953495 4.967626 EHF 0.006830876 6.295278 CILP −0.006827864 4.158272 TMEM62 0.006801865 5.533521 TMEM200A −0.006757567 3.718522 POU2F3 0.006721892 4.061305 USP53 0.006591725 4.810373 RDBP 0.006481046 11.09852 MTM1 0.006429026 5.424149 PLSCR1 0.006420716 5.810762 LRRN1 −0.006346395 4.202345 SP140L 0.006193052 5.282879 SNORD114-7 −0.006137667 4.661787 CCNJL −0.006103292 5.896248 LGALS9 0.006096398 7.231844 LATS2 −0.006081829 4.567592 GPC2 −0.006055543 6.943001 GATA2 −0.005830083 5.378733 MIR1245 −0.005762982 5.445651 SERPINB1 0.005760253 5.612094 ST6GAL2 −0.005718803 3.692136 P4HA1 −0.005703193 6.366304 FAM198B −0.005497488 2.963395 DLX5 −0.005455726 4.488077 SEMA3C −0.005255281 5.740108 FAM86A 0.005123765 6.441416 AEBP1 −0.005066506 7.563053 SLC26A10 −0.005038618 5.723967 MAT2B 0.004967947 9.217941 POC1B 0.004866035 6.018808 MYO1B −0.004846194 3.763944 TCF4 −0.004810352 4.934118 GPT 0.004636147 6.287225 FZD2 −0.0046194 4.632028 ASRGL1 0.004485953 5.341796 CALU −0.004468499 7.661819 HTRA1 −0.004463171 9.086012 ENPP1 −0.00443649 3.567087 MRVI1 −0.004434326 5.098207 MEG3 −0.004411079 7.374835 TWIST1 −0.00437896 7.413093 C4orf31 −0.00436173 3.646165 DTX3L 0.004098616 10.27099 FAM101B −0.004074778 4.69517 APBA2 −0.003973865 5.193996 FAM86C 0.003951991 6.177085 NUDT10 −0.003940655 3.632575 S100A13 0.003886817 7.069111 TC2N 0.003875623 3.898429 IGFBP4 −0.003756434 7.755969 PRICKLE2 −0.003495233 6.465212 KDM5B −0.003484745 6.159924 CYB5R3 −0.003468881 11.07312 PRKG1 −0.003447485 3.123224 PCOLCE −0.003433563 6.611068 PSME1 0.003417446 8.183136 FAM101A −0.003083221 5.370094 UTP14A 0.00296573 6.68806 DACT3 −0.002875519 5.333928 C5orf13 −0.002820432 6.823887 CNPY4 −0.002636714 6.331606 MEIS3P1 −0.002609561 6.576464 COL10A1 −0.002471957 6.413886 BGN −0.002395437 10.16321 MN1 −0.002369196 3.490203 MMP2 −0.002302352 5.442494 ETV1 −0.002266856 3.175207 SLC22A17 −0.002225371 6.628063 MEIS3P2 −0.002084583 5.814197 FBLN2 −0.001963851 6.566804 LTBP2 −0.001948347 8.741894 COL1A1 −0.001923836 10.56997 MSRB3 −0.001698388 3.001042 NKD2 0.00152605 7.385352 MFAP4 −0.001422147 5.833216 VCAN −0.001290874 5.572734 ZNF469 −0.000451207 5.78573

The biomarkers from Table F are ranked in Table G from most important to least important based upon hazard ratio reduction when the genes are included versus when they are excluded. The genes/biomarkers may be selected for inclusion in a panel of biomarkers/a signature based on their ranking. Table H illustrates probesets that can be used to detect expression of the biomarkers.

TABLE G Combined Delta Gene HR Rank GABRE 0.337359062 1 HLA-DPA1 0.300256284 2 CHI3L1 0.296360718 3 KCND2 0.257226045 4 GBP3 0.227046996 5 UPK2 0.222007152 6 SYTL4 0.211040547 7 LRRN1 0.206205626 8 USP53 0.154837732 9 POU2F3 0.145576691 10 IFI16 0.144743856 11 GPT 0.139488308 12 SECTM1 0.131242036 13 GBP1 0.127721221 14 DLX5 0.116832218 15 C4orf31 0.114744132 16 DLL1 0.109780949 17 EHF 0.106293094 18 SAMD9L 0.104709676 19 PLSCR1 0.104625768 20 LY6E 0.103280138 21 EFNB3 0.101572355 22 APOBEC3G 0.087233468 23 RPL23AP1 0.084711903 24 GNAI1 0.081209911 25 C20orf103 0.071107778 26 DTX3L 0.065552768 27 MAT2B 0.065475368 28 CLDN6 0.062021901 29 P4HA1 0.061878907 30 SLC44A4 0.060350743 31 FAT4 0.059503895 32 LGALS9 0.056554956 33 FAM19A5 0.056059383 34 MTM1 0.050315972 35 SLC26A10 0.049327133 36 SP140L 0.048168599 37 SLC22A17 0.047816275 38 FAM198B 0.047192056 39 CCNJL 0.045558068 40 NUDT10 0.044612641 41 MEG3 0.044024878 42 GATA2 0.043610514 43 RDBP 0.038861452 44 EIF2AK1 0.037086703 45 LYRM7 0.031769711 46 PRICKLE2 0.031098441 47 S100A13 0.030632337 48 PSME1 0.029722311 49 MYO1B 0.028958889 50 UTP14A 0.024013078 51 PARP14 0.023229799 52 IGFBP4 0.021289533 53 FZD2 0.021033055 54 CALU 0.020542261 55 GPC2 0.017999692 56 C10orf82 0.015198024 57 GSDMC 0.015070219 58 CYB5R3 0.011241468 59 TCIRG1 0.010154223 60 APBA2 0.008802409 61 ST6GAL1 0.008747796 62 CNPY4 0.008020809 63 FAM101B 0.0055168 64 KDM5B 0.005118183 65 SERPINB1 0.005078998 66 PIGR 0.004839196 67 PKHD1L1 2.51362E−05 68 POC1B −0.00076447 69 FAM86A −0.010246498 70 FIGN −0.010303757 71 ASRGL1 −0.016190261 72 FAM86C −0.017669256 73 SNORD114-7 −0.018123626 74 TXK −0.018325835 75 NXNL2 −0.018378062 76 TC2N −0.020647383 77 LATS2 −0.022701806 78 TCF4 −0.026124482 79 TMEM62 −0.033738079 80 PCOLCE −0.034311272 81 ETV1 −0.037268287 82 DIS3L −0.038288521 83 HTRA1 −0.045043294 84 MSRB3 −0.046398147 85 TMEM169 −0.047281991 86 HDHD1 −0.055954287 87 C5orf13 −0.058378337 88 MEIS3P1 −0.059584725 89 GLRX −0.059644388 90 LRRN4CL −0.060202172 91 LTBP2 −0.060491887 92 LRP8 −0.062812677 93 AEBP1 −0.067344525 94 RCAN2 −0.076520381 95 KIF26A −0.077150316 96 MEIS3P2 −0.082183776 97 MFAP4 −0.087999078 98 SEMA3C −0.089439853 99 FAAH2 −0.10199233 100 FBLN2 −0.10238978 101 MRVI1 −0.104468956 102 TWIST1 −0.105178179 103 DACT3 −0.113122024 104 PRKG1 −0.114727895 105 BGN −0.123157122 106 TMEM200A −0.123401993 107 ZNF469 −0.137897067 108 FAM101A −0.152538637 109 WNT11 −0.153828906 110 ENPP1 −0.171279236 111 NKD2 −0.183893488 112 MN1 −0.191802042 113 C2orf88 −0.209518103 114 CILP −0.222557009 115 COL1A1 −0.225250378 116 MMP2 −0.24991078 117 ST6GAL2 −0.294860786 118 COL10A1 −0.303286192 119 VCAN −0.325923129 120 MIR1245 −0.379590501 121

TABLE H Probeset Gene SEQ ID No. OCMXSNG.5475_at AEBP1 485 OCMXSNG.2603_at AEBP1 486 ADXStrongB47_at AEBP1 N/A OCHP.1649_s_at AEBP1 487 OC3P.3458.C1_s_at AEBP1 488 ADXStrongB42_at AEBP1 N/A OCMXSNG.5474_at AEBP1 489 OCMXSNG.5474_x_at AEBP1 490 OCHP.1147_s_at APBA2 491 OC3P.3328.C1_s_at APBA2 492 OCADA.11807_s_at APBA2 493 OC3SNG.5308-20a_s_at APOBEC3G 494 OCADNP.16260_s_at APOBEC3G 495 OCMX.6106.C2_at ASRGL1 496 OC3SNGnh.20113_s_at ASRGL1 497 OC3SNGnh.15728_x_at ASRGL1 498 OCHPRC.72_s_at ASRGL1 499 OC3P.7460.C1_s_at ASRGL1 500 OC3P.13249.C2_x_at ASRGL1 501 OC3SNGnh.20112_s_at ASRGL1 502 ADXGood55_at ASRGL1 N/A OC3P.13249.C2_s_at ASRGL1 503 OC3SNGnh.20112_x_at ASRGL1 504 OCHP.937_s_at BGN 505 OCADNP.9883_s_at BGN 506 ADXStrong61_at BGN N/A OCADNP.5820_s_at C10orf82 507 OC3SNGnh.6274_s_at C10orf82 508 OC3P.7546.C1_s_at C20orf103 509 OC3P.6691.C1_x_at C2orf88 510 OC3SNGn.3209-1053a_s_at C2orf88 511 OC3P.1793.C1_s_at C2orf88 512 OC3SNGnh.6041_x_at C2orf88 513 OCADA.11194_s_at C2orf88 514 OCRS2.1788_s_at C2orf88 515 OC3SNG.2094-40a_s_at C4orf31 516 OC3SNGn.377-427a_s_at C4orf31 517 OC3P.3548.C2_s_at C5orf13 518 OCADNP.9115_s_at C5orf13 519 OCADNP.14721_s_at C5orf13 520 OC3SNGn.2096-734a_s_at C5orf13 521 OCADA.5808_s_at C5orf13 522 OCADNP.11684_s_at C5orf13 523 ADXGood25_at CALU N/A OC3SNGnh.9873_s_at CALU 524 OC3SNG.123-901a_s_at CALU 525 OCADNP.14456_x_at CALU 526 OC3P.2001.C2-449a_s_at CALU 527 OCADNP.7231_s_at CALU 528 OC3SNGnh.11073_x_at CALU 529 OC3P.13898.C1_s_at CALU 530 OCHP.1141_s_at CALU 531 OCADNP.3994_s_at CALU 532 OC3P.12365.C1_s_at CCNJL 533 OCHP.1872_s_at CHI3L1 534 OCRS.342_at CILP 535 OC3P.12218.C1_s_at CILP 536 OCHPRC.81_x_at CLDN6 537 OCRS2.7326_x_at CLDN6 538 OC3SNG.2953-20a_x_at CLDN6 539 OCADNP.9501_s_at CLDN6 540 OCRS2.3430_at CNPY4 541 OC3P.12351.C1_s_at CNPY4 542 OCRS.383_s_at COL10A1 543 OC3SNG.1834-947a_s_at COL10A1 544 OC3SNG.3967-1156a_x_at COL1A1 545 OC3P.162.C1_x_at COL1A1 546 OC3SNGnh.2873_x_at COL1A1 547 OCADNP.2115_s_at COL1A1 548 OC3P.354.CB1_s_at COL1A1 549 OC3P.162.C3_x_at COL1A1 550 OC3P.1226.C1_s_at CYB5R3 551 ADXStrong34_at CYB5R3 N/A OCEM.1219_s_at CYB5R3 552 OC3SNG.3685-20a_s_at DACT3 553 OC3P.7775.C1_s_at DIS3L 554 OC3SNGn.1174-202a_x_at DIS3L 555 OC3P.8771.C1_s_at DLL1 556 OC3P.14576.C1_s_at DLX5 557 OC3P.3528.C1_s_at DTX3L 558 OCRS.1427_s_at DTX3L 559 OCADNP.8516_s_at EFNB3 560 OC3P.9384.C1_s_at EFNB3 561 ADXBad27_at EHF N/A OCHPRC.60_s_at EHF 562 OC3P.3119.C1-342a_s_at EHF 563 OCADNP.10217_s_at EHF 564 OC3SNGn.2971-1016a_s_at EHF 565 OCHP.22_s_at EHF 566 OCMX.12473.C1_s_at EHF 567 OCRS.1860_s_at EHF 568 OC3P.6113.C1_s_at EHF 569 OC3SNGnh.4034_s_at EHF 570 ADXStrongB91_at EHF N/A ADXBad43_at EHF N/A OCADA.6511_s_at EHF 571 OCMX5NG.5461_s_at EIF2AK1 572 OC3SNGnh.14331_x_at EIF2AK1 573 OC3P.301.C1_s_at EIF2AK1 574 OC3P.2826.C1_s_at EIF2AK1 575 OC3P.2826.C1-632a_s_at EIF2AK1 576 OCADNP.2363_s_at ENPP1 577 OCADA.8789_s_at ENPP1 578 OCHP.1084_s_at ENPP1 579 OCADA.3370_s_at ENPP1 580 OCADA.6389_s_at ETV1 581 OCADNP.4628_s_at ETV1 582 OC3SNG.2163-2941a_s_at ETV1 583 OCADNP.7847_s_at ETV1 584 OCRS.1862_s_at ETV1 585 OC3SNGn.480-2043a_s_at ETV1 586 OCADNP.5347_s_at ETV1 587 OC3SNGnh.18545_at FAAH2 588 OC3SNGnh.18545_x_at FAAH2 589 OCMXSNG.4800_x_at FAAH2 590 OC3SNGnh.14393_x_at FAAH2 591 OC3SNGnh.13606_x_at FAAH2 592 OC3SNGnh.14393_at FAAH2 593 OC3SNG.6004-30a_s_at FAAH2 594 OC3P.4839.C1_s_at FAM101A 595 ADXUglyB43_at FAM101A N/A OC3P.8169.C1_s_at FAM101B 596 OCRS2.566_s_at FAM101B 597 OC3P.9099.C1_s_at FAM101B 598 OC3SNGn.7559-1580a_at FAM198B 599 OC3P.6417.C1_s_at FAM198B 600 OCRS2.4931_s_at FAM198B 601 OCADA.10843_s_at FAM198B 602 OCADA.5341_s_at FAM19A5 603 OC3P.13915.C1_s_at FAM19A5 604 OC3P.14112.C1_s_at FAM19A5 605 OC3SNGnh.2090_x_at FAM86A 607 OC3P.2572.C4_s_at FAM86A 608 OCRS2.951_x_at FAM86A 606 OC3SNGnh.2090_x_at FAM86C 607 OC3P.2572.C4_s_at FAM86C 608 OC3SNG.4266-25a_s_at FAT4 609 OC3SNG.1815-80a_s_at FBLN2 610 OCHP.1078_s_at FBLN2 611 OCADA.6796_s_at FIGN 612 OC3P.15318.C1_at FIGN 613 OCADA.6194_s_at FIGN 614 OCADA.2860_s_at FIGN 615 OCADNP.12019_s_at FIGN 616 OC3P.15266.C1_x_at FIGN 617 OC3P.7321.C1_s_at FZD2 618 ADXBad26_at FZD2 N/A OC3P.7321.C1_x_at FZD2 619 OC3P.7321.C1_at FZD2 620 OC3P.6165.C1_s_at GABRE 621 OC3SNGn.6359-34a_s_at GABRE 622 OC3SNGn.6583-10627a_at GABRE 623 OC3SNGn.6583-10627a_x_at GABRE 624 OCMX.833.C13_s_at GABRE 625 OCADA.11121_s_at GATA2 626 OCADA.3908_s_at GATA2 627 OCADNP.1974_s_at GBP1 628 OCADNP.2962_s_at GBP1 629 OCHP.1438_x_at GBP1 630 OCRS2.4406_x_at GBP1 631 OCADA.10565_s_at GBP1 632 OC3P.1927.C1_x_at GBP1 633 OC3SNGnh.19643_x_at GBP3 634 OC3SNGnh.19644_x_at GBP3 635 OC3P.1927.C2_s_at GBP3 636 OCMX.605.C1_at GLRX 637 OCHP.1436_s_at GLRX 638 OCMX.605.C1_x_at GLRX 639 OC3SNGnh.7530_at GLRX 640 OCMX.606.C1_s_at GLRX 641 OC3SNGnh.7530_x_at GLRX 642 OCADNP.8335_s_at GLRX 643 OCMX.606.C1_at GLRX 644 OCRS2.6438_s_at GNAI1 645 OC3P.1142.C1_s_at GNAI1 646 ADXGood98_at GNAI1 N/A OC3SNG.3351-135a_s_at GPC2 647 OC3SNG.5195-46a_s_at GPT 648 OC3SNG.5195-46a_x_at GPT 649 OC3P.9125.C1_s_at GSDMC 650 OCADA.4167_s_at HDHD1 651 OC3SNGnh.18826_at HDHD1 652 OC3P.7901.C1_s_at HDHD1 653 OC3P.2028.C1_s_at HLA-DPA1 654 ADXUglyB19_at HLA-DPA1 N/A OC3SNGn.2735-12a_s_at HLA-DPA1 655 OCHP.902_s_at HTRA1 656 OC3SNGn.4796-28001a_s_at IFI16 657 OC3SNG.2113-18a_s_at IFI16 658 OC3SNGn.6068-1286a_s_at IFI16 659 OC3SNGn.4797-39932a_s_at IFI16 660 OCADNP.5197_s_at IGFBP4 661 OC3SNG.5134-22a_s_at IGFBP4 662 OC3SNGnh.6036_s_at IGFBP4 663 ADXStrongB37_at IGFBP4 N/A OCADNP.7979_s_at KCND2 664 OCEM.617_s_at KCND2 665 OCMX.2694.C1_s_at KDM5B 666 OC3P.7187.C1_s_at KDM5B 667 OCADA.11372_s_at KDM5B 668 OCEM.1229_at KDM5B 669 OC3P.13885.C1_s_at KIF26A 670 OCADNP.7032_s_at LATS2 671 OCADA.9355_s_at LATS2 672 OC3P.13211.C1_s_at LATS2 673 OCADA.7506_s_at LATS2 674 OCEM.59_x_at LGALS9 675 OC3P.1033.C1_s_at LGALS9 676 OC3SNGnh.10517_at LRP8 677 OCADA.11886_s_at LRP8 678 OCADA.11978_s_at LRP8 679 OC3P.8630.C1_s_at LRP8 680 OC3SNGnh.10517_at LRP8 681 OCADNP.9495_s_at LRP8 682 OCADNP.5625_s_at LRRN1 683 OCRS2.6196_at LRRN1 684 OC3SNGn.971-6a_at LRRN1 685 OC3SNG.5795-17a_s_at LRRN4CL 686 OCADA.663_s_at LRRN4CL 687 OCHP.1105_s_at LTBP2 688 OC3P.5700.C1_s_at LTBP2 689 OCMX.3091.C3_s_at LY6E 690 OC3SNG.1862-17a_s_at LY6E 691 OC3P.177.C1_s_at LY6E 692 OC3SNGn.300-11a_s_at LYRM7 693 OC3SNG.5278-785a_x_at LYRM7 694 ADXGood103_at LYRM7 N/A OC3SNGnh.8177_x_at LYRM7 695 OC3SNG.2044-750a_s_at LYRM7 696 OC3P.5073.C1_s_at MAT2B 697 OC3P.5073.C1_x_at MAT2B 698 OC3P.13642.C1_s_at MEG3 699 OCADNP.10552_s_at MEG3 700 OCADA.3017_s_at MEG3 701 OC3P.9532.C1_s_at MEG3 702 OC3SNGn.3096-5a_s_at MEG3 703 OCADNP.14835_s_at MEG3 704 OC3SNGn.3208-51a_s_at MEG3 705 OC3SNGnh.10745_x_at MEG3 706 OCADNP.12059_s_at MEG3 707 OC3P.3104.C1_s_at MEIS3P1 709 OC3P.12137.C1_x_at MEIS3P1 708 OC3P.3104.C1_s_at MEIS3P2 709 OCADNP.11373_x_at MEIS3P2 710 OC3P.4714.C1_at MFAP4 711 OC3SNG.2440-25a_s_at MFAP4 712 OCMX.8836.C3_x_at MFAP4 713 OC3SNGnh.3422_s_at MIR1245 714 OC3P.1163.C3_s_at MMP2 715 OCHP.374_s_at MMP2 716 OCADNP.7251_s_at MMP2 717 OCADA.2310_s_at MMP2 718 OC35NGnh.2965_x_at MN1 719 OCRS2.6707_x_at MN1 720 OC3P.8382.C1_x_at MN1 721 OC3SNGnh.7844_at MN1 722 OCADA.3580_s_at MRVI1 723 OC3P.1058.C1_s_at MRVI1 724 OC3P.13126.C1_s_at MRVI1 725 OCADNP.10237_s_at MRVI1 726 OC3P.12965.C1_x_at MSRB3 727 OCADA.2263_s_at MSRB3 728 OC3SNGn.2476-2808a_s_at MSRB3 729 OC3P.12245.C1_s_at MSRB3 730 OC3SNGn.2475-1707a_s_at MSRB3 731 OCADA.215_s_at MSRB3 732 OCEM.2176_at MTM1 733 OC3P.7705.C1_s_at MTM1 734 OCADA.7806_x_at MTM1 735 OC3SNGnh.16755_at MYO1B 736 OC3SNGn.2539-1215a_s_at MYO1B 737 OC3P.4399.C1_x_at MYO1B 738 OC3SNGn.8543-1096a_s_at MYO1B 739 OCADNP.12332_x_at MYO1B 740 OCADNP.5849_s_at NKD2 741 OCRS.1038_x_at NUDT10 742 OCMX.1935.C2_x_at NUDT10 743 OCADNP.5059_s_at NUDT10 744 OCRS.1038_at NUDT10 745 OCADA.81_x_at NXNL2 746 OC3SNGnh.3578_s_at NXNL2 747 OC3P.6323.C1-387a_s_at P4HA1 748 OC3SNG.2842-16a_s_at P4HA1 749 OC3SNGnh.5686_x_at P4HA1 750 OC3P.577.C3_x_at P4HA1 751 OC3SNGnh.14212_at P4HA1 752 OC3SNGnh.2575_s_at PARP14 753 OC3P.3721.C1_s_at PARP14 754 OCEM.1594_s_at PARP14 755 OC3P.11978.C1_s_at PARP14 756 ADXUglyB44_at PARP14 N/A OC3SNGnh.4719_x_at PARP14 757 OCRS2.3088_s_at PCOLCE 758 OC3P.5048.C1_s_at PCOLCE 759 OCMXSNG.2345_s_at PCOLCE 760 ADXStrong15_at PIGR N/A OCHPRC.55_s_at PIGR 761 OCADNP.7555_s_at PIGR 762 ADXBad46_at PIGR N/A OC3P.5246.C1_s_at PKHD1L1 763 OCRS2.2200_s_at PKHD1L1 764 OC3SNGnh.1242_x_at PKHD1L1 765 OCHP.105_s_at PKHD1L1 766 OCADNP.15163_s_at PKHD1L1 767 OCADNP.5491_s_at PLSCR1 768 OCHP.484_s_at PLSCR1 769 OC3P.343.C1-620a_s_at PLSCR1 770 OCADA.9243_s_at PLSCR1 771 OC3P.12249.C1_s_at POC1B 772 OCADNP.8935_s_at POC1B 773 OC3SNGn.2327-2492a_s_at POC1B 774 OC3P.324.C1_x_at POC1B 775 ADXUglyB39_at POU2F3 N/A OCADA.9784_s_at POU2F3 776 OCADA.8436_s_at POU2F3 777 OCADNP.16713_x_at POU2F3 778 OC3SNGn.207-610a_s_at POU2F3 779 OC3SNGnh.9534_at PRICKLE2 780 OC3P.5913.C1_s_at PRICKLE2 781 OC3SNGnh.9534_x_at PRICKLE2 782 ADXStrong33_at PRICKLE2 N/A OC3SNGnh.5282_x_at PRKG1 783 OCMX.3589.C1_at PRKG1 784 OCADNP.7986_s_at PRKG1 785 OC3SNGnh.5282_at PRKG1 786 OC3SNGnh.17864_x_at PRKG1 787 OCADNP.14238_s_at PRKG1 788 OC3SNGnh.17059_s_at PRKG1 789 OCMXSNG.413_x_at PRKG1 790 OCADNP.8589_s_at PRKG1 791 OCEM.2215_at PRKG1 792 OCADNP.11971_s_at PRKG1 793 OCMXSNG.413_at PRKG1 794 OCADA.3268_s_at PRKG1 795 OC3P.943.C2_s_at PSME1 796 OC3P.943.C1_x_at PSME1 797 OC3P.943.C1_s_at PSME1 798 OC3P.11270.C1_s_at RCAN2 799 OC3P.9155.C1_s_at RDBP 800 OCMXSNG.5467_x_at RDBP 801 OCMXSNG.5045_s_at RPL23AP1 802 OC3SNGnh.19359_x_at RPL23AP1 803 OCHPRC.408_s_at S100A13 804 OC3SNGnh.19423_x_at S100A13 805 OC3SNGnh.4426_at S100A13 806 OCHPRC.408_x_at S100A13 807 OC3SNG.1837-24a_s_at S100A13 808 ADXGoodB16_at S100A13 N/A OC3P.1647.C1_s_at S100A13 809 OC3SNGnh.8672_x_at S100A13 810 OC3SNG.5968-144a_x_at S100A13 811 OC3SNGnh.19423_at S100A13 812 OCADNP.3600_s_at S100A13 813 OCADNP.3717_s_at SAMD9L 814 OC3P.5848.C1_s_at SAMD9L 815 OC3P.9264.C1_s_at SAMD9L 816 ADXUgly26_at SAMD9L N/A OC3P.10487.C1_s_at SAMD9L 817 OC3P.6715.C1_s_at SECTM1 818 OCRS.984_s_at SECTM1 819 OC3SNGnh.7173_x_at SEMA3C 820 OC3SNGnh.1972_s_at SEMA3C 821 OCADNP.13163_s_at SEMA3C 822 OC3P.12081.C1_s_at SEMA3C 823 OC3SNGn.4029-2824a_x_at SERPINB1 824 OCHP.1509_s_at SERPINB1 825 OC3P.1480.C1_s_at SERPINB1 826 OCADNP.4790_s_at SERPINB1 827 OC3P.2388.C1_s_at SERPINB1 828 OC3SNGn.4029-2824a_at SERPINB1 829 OC3P.6843.C1-308a_s_at SLC22A17 830 OC3P.6843.C1_at SLC22A17 831 OCADA.8596_s_at SLC26A10 832 OCRS2.621_at SLC26A10 833 OCRS2.621_s_at SLC26A10 834 OCRS2.621_x_at SLC26A10 835 OCADNP.652_s_at SLC44A4 836 OCHP.204_x_at SLC44A4 837 OCADNP.9262_s_at SLC44A4 838 OC3P.11858.C1_x_at SLC44A4 839 OCRS2.12370_x_at SNORD114-7 840 OCRS2.12370_at SNORD114-7 841 OC3P.8666.C1_s_at SP140L 842 OCADA.2122_at SP140L 843 OCADA.2122_s_at SP140L 844 OCADA.2122_x_at SP140L 845 OC3SNGnh.1744_at ST6GAL1 846 OC3SNGnh.155_x_at ST6GAL1 847 OCADNP.4027_s_at ST6GAL1 848 OC3P.167.C1_s_at ST6GAL1 849 OC3SNGnh.155_at ST6GAL1 850 OCADA.411_s_at ST6GAL2 851 OCRS.467_at ST6GAL2 852 OCADA.7427_s_at ST6GAL2 853 OCADNP.2470_s_at SYTL4 854 OC3SNGnh.16147_x_at SYTL4 855 OCADA.1925_x_at SYTL4 856 OC3P.12165.C1_s_at SYTL4 857 OC3SNGnh.20531_x_at TC2N 858 OC3SNGn.1702-2648a_s_at TC2N 859 OC3P.11326.C1_x_at TC2N 860 OCADA.4683_s_at TC2N 861 ADXUglyB22_at TC2N N/A OC3SNGnh.16817_x_at TC2N 862 OC3SNGnh.20530_x_at TC2N 863 OCHP.1870_s_at TC2N 864 OCADNP.230_s_at TC2N 865 ADXUglyB50_at TC2N N/A OCADA.4438_s_at TCF4 866 OC3P.4112.C1_s_at TCF4 867 OCHP.1876_s_at TCF4 868 OCADA.7185_s_at TCF4 869 OC3SNGnh.10608_s_at TCF4 870 OC3SNGnh.4569_x_at TCF4 871 OCADA.8009_s_at TCF4 872 OCADNP.14530_s_at TCF4 873 OC3SNG.2691-3954a_s_at TCF4 874 OC3SNGnh.10608_x_at TCF4 875 OC3P.3507.C1_s_at TCF4 876 OC3SNG.129-32a_s_at TCIRG1 877 OCRS2.3202_s_at TCIRG1 878 OCEM.457_x_at TCIRG1 879 OCEM.457_at TCIRG1 880 OCADNP.2642_s_at TMEM169 881 OC3P.6478.C1_s_at TMEM200A 882 OC3P.6478.C1-363a_s_at TM EM200A 883 OC3P.12427.C1_s_at TMEM62 884 OC3SNGn.2801-166a_s_at TWIST1 885 OCRS2.11542_s_at TWIST1 886 OC3SNGnh.13363_s_at TXK 887 OC3SNGnh.17188_at TXK 888 OC3SNGnh.17188_x_at TXK 889 OCEM.1963_at TXK 890 OCADNP.7909_s_at TXK 891 OC3P.72.C6_x_at TXK 892 OC3SNGnh.9832_x_at TXK 893 OCADA.11004_s_at UPK2 894 OC3SNGnh.17460_at USP53 895 OCADNP.6200_s_at USP53 896 OC3SNG.3711-13a_s_at USP53 897 OCADA.7608_s_at USP53 898 ADXBad22_at USP53 N/A OC3SNGnh.3076_s_at USP53 899 OC3SNGnh.20367_s_at USP53 900 OC3P.11072.C1_s_at UTP14A 901 OC3SNGnh.14019_x_at UTP14A 902 OC3P.15028.C1_s_at VCAN 903 OCADNP.9657_s_at VCAN 904 OCMX.15173.C1_s_at VCAN 905 OCADNP.6197_s_at VCAN 906 OCRS2.1143_s_at VCAN 907 OC3SNGnh.16280_x_at VCAN 908 OC3P.1200.C1_s_at VCAN 909 OCADNP.7898_s_at WNT11 910 OC3P.12878.C1_s_at WNT11 911 OC3P.14348.C1_s_at ZNF469 912

Accordingly, the method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least one of GABRE, HLA-DPA1, CHI3L1, KCND2, GBP3, UPK2, SYTL4, LRRN1, USP53 and POU2F3. In specific embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of GABRE, HLA-DPA1, CHI3L1, KCND2, GBP3, UPK2, SYTL4, LRRN1, USP53 and POU2F3. In further embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers from Table F.

The method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 230 or each of the biomarkers from Table I. In certain embodiments the method may comprise measuring the expression levels of 10-25 biomarkers from Table I. The inventors have shown that measuring the expression levels of at least 10 of the markers in Table I enables the subtype to be reliably detected.

TABLE I GeneSymbol GeneWeights GeneBias CRISP3 0.009244671 4.25279 C10orf81 0.007440862 4.16685 FBN3 −0.007135587 6.564573 C10orf114 −0.006683214 5.254974 UBD 0.006650945 7.58811 SFRP4 −0.006511453 5.633072 SCGB1D2 0.006029484 6.09871 CXCL10 0.00600034 4.105151 DEFB1 0.005933262 8.354037 CKMT1B 0.00588501 5.604975 PKIA −0.005796545 5.482019 SNORD114-1 −0.005771097 5.340838 HOXA2 −0.005764275 4.239838 UNC5A 0.005745289 5.960387 GBP5 0.00567945 6.057223 CYP4B1 0.005672014 5.585854 CTSK −0.005598646 5.849366 BIRC3 0.005283614 8.531431 LUM −0.005266949 8.364716 NCCRP1 −0.005084004 5.756969 MLLT11 −0.004961885 6.827706 FAM3B 0.004958968 5.101375 RPL9P16 −0.004910088 6.453952 ODZ3 −0.004851049 4.104763 RASL11B −0.004842413 5.802979 MT1G 0.004809275 10.41099 LRP4 −0.004771008 4.664925 PTPN7 0.004756756 7.284986 COL11A1 −0.004689519 3.541486 TUBB4 −0.004672931 6.359269 SFRP5 −0.00466637 4.142028 CXCL12 −0.004629236 5.117755 TMEM98 −0.004582999 6.070847 TMEM47 −0.004543117 3.355884 SFRP2 −0.004534184 5.576766 KCNJ4 −0.004467993 7.086926 ADAMTS14 −0.004465207 7.399778 EPYC −0.004441812 2.12021 SMAD9 −0.004437793 4.524905 MIR142 0.004432341 9.492219 MT1L 0.004420979 8.917118 HSPA2 −0.004393242 6.05552 EFS −0.004375145 6.606757 SALL2 −0.004372373 9.157514 CXCL11 0.004349799 3.526785 ZNF711 −0.00432014 6.528174 IFI44L 0.004316914 5.521583 FAM111B 0.00430404 7.339351 SNORD114-19 −0.004253407 3.757937 ARHGAP28 −0.004181503 4.26543 MSI1 −0.004167701 9.326208 IFI27 0.004158526 11.45663 NPBWR2 −0.004145141 3.83414 APOL6 0.004144974 6.173161 THSD4 0.004126649 5.690818 SLC40A1 0.004120522 5.142685 CTGF −0.004106249 8.871794 C1orf130 0.004067685 4.223416 SERPINA1 0.004021107 8.004173 GPR126 0.00400077 4.54778 APOL3 0.003991698 4.01636 SRPX2 −0.003974194 5.049348 COL5A2 −0.003955444 3.591515 MICB 0.003953138 6.388161 CREB3L1 −0.003911838 5.925211 CDKN2C 0.003889232 4.130717 MIR143 −0.003887926 4.429746 CP 0.003859011 5.769209 F2R −0.003856683 4.222794 HLA-DMB 0.003854578 7.489806 FZD4 0.003835921 6.543752 BTLA 0.003811543 2.668735 ETV7 0.00380241 4.308987 FAT2 0.003791829 8.278542 SNCAIP −0.003787534 4.872882 LPAR4 −0.003781515 3.390116 KIAA1324L −0.003767177 4.149923 PTGIS −0.00372008 3.440601 OAS2 0.003714546 5.35268 AMYP1 0.003642358 4.651577 PDGFD −0.003617694 4.859654 SERPINE1 −0.003611522 5.967665 THY1 −0.003600739 8.04439 TLR3 0.003559666 3.031327 GPC6 −0.00352027 3.099243 TMC5 0.003486432 4.595376 VIM −0.003473684 6.670068 CXCL14 −0.003442516 4.866348 IL15 0.003423676 3.804955 SORL1 0.003413305 4.86007 DTX1 −0.003411875 5.52703 PHACTR3 −0.003369515 2.389338 TERC 0.003345052 6.451543 TCF19 0.003339104 6.786973 TMEM173 0.00333562 7.37983 GOLGA2B 0.003305893 3.913176 METTL7B 0.003292198 4.251683 KLRK1 0.003277955 3.255008 LRFN5 −0.003255765 3.659329 OLFML1 −0.003250239 4.37426 PVT1 0.00323521 6.364487 CEACAM1 0.003213045 4.457571 SRSF12 −0.003178071 4.193823 ADAMTSL2 −0.003166265 5.4852 SDC1 −0.003141406 7.111513 NXF2B −0.003111687 4.226044 NXF2 −0.003110081 4.225574 APOL1 0.003107861 7.133371 ALOX5AP 0.003107153 3.680016 SNCG 0.003097788 6.15653 MYC 0.003079695 5.950406 PTRF −0.003065554 7.328583 SNORD114-18 −0.003064175 3.111597 C8orf55 0.003049858 8.256593 C5orf4 0.003023007 5.041276 MPDZ −0.003020738 5.691978 SIPA1L2 −0.003012915 5.536502 IFIH1 0.003011551 3.766603 GALNT1 −0.003009285 6.214229 ROM1 0.003003676 8.371344 GNG11 −0.002978147 6.079215 COL16A1 −0.002969937 5.391862 RNF113A 0.002934491 7.947432 FZD1 −0.002929204 4.21814 BICC1 −0.0029214 3.748219 NKD1 −0.002904233 4.251593 NRBP2 0.00290069 8.015463 PARP9 0.002890116 5.683993 RBMS3 −0.002877296 4.643674 GAS7 −0.00287466 5.679247 TNNI2 −0.002872443 6.833335 HSD17B8 0.002860611 6.586169 NOTCH3 −0.002855475 8.454157 MEX3B −0.002855225 3.211679 EYA4 −0.002849764 4.787113 PPP1R16A 0.002828479 6.876051 CSRP2 −0.002826031 7.12461 HIF3A −0.00280492 5.061668 CHODL 0.00279322 3.544441 GPR176 −0.002786706 4.252543 VTCN1 0.002784647 6.131865 PPP1R3B −0.002779249 3.805854 TMEM87B 0.002771082 4.031005 MOBKL2C 0.002762945 7.424328 MBNL3 0.002755567 3.432856 TGFB3 −0.002719409 5.332476 ATP5J2P3 0.002716142 4.4555 GPR124 −0.002697971 5.165409 PLXDC1 −0.002697398 5.409047 KIAA1486 −0.002691441 7.697995 KIAA1324 0.002688194 4.282685 RNPC3 0.00267959 5.760009 SYPL1 0.002648552 6.563364 FAM96A 0.002639649 6.181063 TMOD4 0.002636074 4.746564 SOX4 −0.002592547 9.822965 TIGD5 0.002586689 6.75499 HLA-B 0.002577418 7.629468 PMP22 −0.002571323 5.568301 PPA1 0.00256965 9.239775 BMP4 −0.002542171 5.068577 SRPK1 0.002541721 4.318048 APOBEC3F 0.00253947 5.728234 HSD17614 −0.00253867 7.55482 PLCG1 −0.00253365 7.434086 PTGFRN −0.002528775 5.927735 COPZ2 −0.002526837 5.134159 PRPS2 0.002521435 6.943428 PHC1 −0.002519973 6.403549 ILDR1 0.002519955 5.397283 HCCS 0.002519578 6.968027 FJX1 0.002512224 6.501211 VIPR1 0.00248841 3.390426 TBC1D26 −0.002480205 4.517079 SDK1 −0.002464848 3.992404 RAB31 −0.002455378 5.320999 MAP3K13 0.002451542 4.170586 IGFBP7 −0.002443125 5.7624 MX1 0.002435356 5.723388 HTRA3 −0.00242504 6.086372 PMEPA1 −0.002423218 6.316297 NMNAT2 0.002411854 4.493685 MYLIP 0.002396765 6.467381 BMF −0.00239054 6.066753 UNC5C −0.002372973 4.261761 B2M 0.002368988 6.658859 UBA7 0.002361512 8.518656 SPDEF 0.002357685 6.619913 MTCP1 0.002341771 6.81278 SNORD114-31 −0.002338204 5.484037 HERC6 0.002335968 5.857723 BRF2 −0.002323538 5.680577 CHSY1 −0.00228656 7.501669 HSPBL3 0.002280481 8.578614 C20orf3 −0.002260827 8.781748 DNMT3A −0.002228757 7.020806 OLFML3 −0.002201975 6.717051 DCAF5 −0.002193965 6.117841 SSH3 0.002182142 8.29951 NPR1 0.002162441 7.269251 DAAM1 −0.0021509 5.886589 HCG27 0.002145793 5.637696 GRB10 −0.002122228 6.372689 HLA-DRB6 0.002075768 5.388441 FAAH 0.002072052 6.193823 PUF60 0.002069218 8.621513 ADAMTS10 −0.002063412 5.207659 ITGB1 −0.002050701 5.441381 ATXN7L3 −0.002033507 8.759396 CC2D1B 0.002033207 5.173507 SNORD46 0.001985667 10.44473 ZBTB42 0.001963734 6.248473 C6orf203 0.00194317 8.555232 DBN1 −0.001938651 9.151773 NDUFS3 0.001932125 10.30757 PCYOX1 −0.001928012 6.843865 ACTR1A −0.001923873 6.222051 PLEKHG2 −0.001878479 6.339362 PSMA5 0.001877248 7.908692 MAL −0.001866829 6.959474 SQRDL 0.001812312 6.762735 DDR1 0.001781903 9.872079 SERPINF1 −0.00175887 10.81461 SEC23A −0.001701844 6.294431 KDM5A −0.001686649 6.389162 RGPD2 −0.001626152 6.125918 LRRC14 0.001603355 6.772038 RANBP2 −0.001596694 6.338053 MICA 0.001512553 5.489141 FBLN1 −0.001484613 5.872453 OGT 0.001415954 7.57769 EIF4EBP3 0.001335629 6.514681

The biomarkers from Table I are ranked in Table J from most important to least important based upon hazard ratio reduction when the genes are included versus when they are excluded. The genes/biomarkers may be selected for inclusion in a panel of biomarkers/a signature based on their ranking. Table K illustrates probesets that can be used to detect expression of the biomarkers.

TABLE J Gene Total Delta HR Rank MT1L 0.615118068 1 MT1G 0.472180746 2 LRP4 0.428241646 3 RASL11B 0.424158825 4 IFI27 0.32213756 5 PKIA 0.291930312 6 ALOX5AP 0.272480316 7 UBD 0.242546709 8 MEX3B 0.230392762 9 TMEM98 0.229231657 10 FBN3 0.227026061 11 CXCL10 0.21976009 12 ZNF711 0.214223021 13 MSI1 0.192206467 14 FAM3B 0.18592276 15 DTX1 0.183405107 16 CP 0.183009243 17 DEFB1 0.173812067 18 NRBP2 0.168297955 19 METTL7B 0.165287654 20 TLR3 0.163657588 21 CXCL11 0.155146275 22 NXF2 0.152354088 23 SNCG 0.151636955 24 IFI44L 0.15043688 25 MOBKL2C 0.148007901 26 NPR1 0.144504148 27 NXF2B 0.143829433 28 TMEM87B 0.143514747 29 SRSF12 0.14192475 30 SLC40A1 0.14006344 31 C10orf114 0.138709815 32 SOX4 0.137379065 33 APOL6 0.132619361 34 APOL3 0.131804118 35 TMEM173 0.127263861 36 UNC5A 0.11842845 37 HLA-DMB 0.118263574 38 GPC6 0.113746774 39 BIRC3 0.1130983 40 KIAA1486 0.110209853 41 GPR126 0.109454197 42 MIR142 0.108675197 43 HSPBL3 0.107843483 44 GBP5 0.10446511 45 VTCN1 0.102993036 46 EFS 0.102594908 47 IFIH1 0.10045923 48 APOL1 0.100123166 49 ILDR1 0.100043711 50 MX1 0.099707498 51 PUF60 0.098560494 52 MICB 0.097058318 53 MICA 0.095790241 54 HERC6 0.091124393 55 PPP1R16A 0.090566038 56 PHACTR3 0.088649365 57 BTLA 0.088347137 58 PLCG1 0.087624812 59 SALL2 0.086781935 60 C1orf130 0.086312394 61 VIM 0.083062394 62 IL15 0.082662071 63 SERPINA1 0.080336497 64 ROM1 0.07576285 65 FAT2 0.07540916 66 KLRK1 0.075409095 67 PTPN7 0.072950165 68 PARP9 0.071381591 69 ATP5J2P3 0.068319455 70 C8orf55 0.067706631 71 HLA-DRB6 0.065799796 72 UBA7 0.064343371 73 AMYP1 0.062359242 74 PPP1R3B 0.061652663 75 OAS2 0.061174581 76 RGPD2 0.06018489 77 CHSY1 0.056973948 78 SDK1 0.054082406 79 MIR143 0.053547598 80 B2M 0.053469453 81 NPBWR2 0.053118153 82 SSH3 0.05155016 83 NDUFS3 0.050357674 84 SNORD46 0.049505727 85 LRRC14 0.04834913 86 SYPL1 0.048048239 87 GRB10 0.042893881 88 RANBP2 0.042771834 89 LRFN5 0.04189327 90 NKD1 0.041594518 91 DNMT3A 0.040633094 92 PCYOX1 0.040460762 93 APOBEC3F 0.037846365 94 BRF2 0.03775925 95 MYC 0.037625087 96 HCG27 0.03651511 97 RNPC3 0.036449685 98 FAM96A 0.036099171 99 ZBTB42 0.035762757 100 IGFBP7 0.035704168 101 MAP3K13 0.035039881 102 GALNT1 0.034633608 103 MYLIP 0.034121783 104 PHC1 0.031292623 105 FJX1 0.030921305 106 CSRP2 0.029128198 107 HLA-B 0.028631601 108 HSD17B8 0.027873252 109 PTGFRN 0.027233148 110 DCAF5 0.026405405 111 TMEM47 0.021956786 112 SQRDL 0.021004945 113 ETV7 0.019282689 114 C5orf4 0.018300269 115 KDM5A 0.017375372 116 NMNAT2 0.016695136 117 CYP4B1 0.014669028 118 CC2D1B 0.014147408 119 EIF4EBP3 0.013653958 120 LPAR4 0.013583634 121 SNORD114-31 0.011357203 122 SIPA1L2 0.010649087 123 ITGB1 0.010477821 124 ADAMTS10 0.010139752 125 MLLT11 0.010014206 126 OGT 0.009114642 127 EYA4 0.007618687 128 TMC5 0.006544943 129 ATXN7L3 0.005848973 130 VIPR1 0.005324997 131 MTCP1 0.00297225 132 C20orf3 0.002054112 133 NOTCH3 0.001374142 134 PLEKHG2 0.000697928 135 SNCAIP −0.000937809 136 DAAM1 −0.001532018 137 BMF −0.002501529 138 TIGD5 −0.004913775 139 PSMA5 −0.004951732 140 SNORD114-18 −0.007256399 141 TBC1D26 −0.00805853 142 SEC23A −0.008366824 143 RNF113A −0.008502226 144 FAAH −0.009699661 145 TMOD4 −0.009707802 146 GNG11 −0.00986732 147 RPL9P16 −0.011949323 148 ARHGAP28 −0.012754103 149 UNC5C −0.013324554 150 RBMS3 −0.014284394 151 BMP4 −0.016512281 152 CHODL −0.019546582 153 TERC −0.020201664 154 GPR176 −0.021146329 155 PPA1 −0.021176568 156 DDR1 −0.021757339 157 ACTR1A −0.023596243 158 GPR124 −0.02574171 159 SMAD9 −0.026817767 160 C6orf203 −0.029106466 161 DBN1 −0.030827615 162 SDC1 −0.032523027 163 SPDEF −0.033787647 164 TNNI2 −0.035527955 165 MPDZ −0.037447958 166 PRPS2 −0.039602179 167 PVT1 −0.04027777 168 KIAA1324 −0.041499097 169 SCGB1D2 −0.043682554 170 MBNL3 −0.045374866 171 SORL1 −0.049145596 172 FBLN1 −0.049870444 173 SRPX2 −0.051419372 174 HCCS −0.053517069 175 HTRA3 −0.05393539 176 PMP22 −0.056596896 177 HIF3A −0.058792401 178 ADAMTSL2 −0.059012281 179 CDKN2C −0.059303226 180 F2R −0.064443812 181 GOLGA2B −0.075799765 182 CEACAM1 −0.080861206 183 BICC1 −0.081748924 184 OLFML1 −0.089688046 185 GAS7 −0.091550492 186 TUBB4 −0.094233082 187 SFRP5 −0.095268495 188 PMEPA1 −0.098648425 189 SNORD114-19 −0.099307115 190 SRPK1 −0.103289867 191 MAL −0.106958728 192 HSPA2 −0.109505993 193 NCCRP1 −0.111600258 194 PTGIS −0.113102299 195 KIAA1324L −0.115645454 196 FZD4 −0.117484004 197 TCF19 −0.125969306 198 SERPINF1 −0.129991571 199 PTRF −0.132998458 200 PLXDC1 −0.133187724 201 TGFB3 −0.149423417 202 COPZ2 −0.150978011 203 COL16A1 −0.152779464 204 THSD4 −0.153534385 205 HSD17614 −0.157660215 206 RAB31 −0.162011114 207 OLFML3 −0.165389996 208 KCNJ4 −0.16970666 209 PDGFD −0.181432458 210 FZD1 −0.183922929 211 C10orf81 −0.189396338 212 THY1 −0.203086307 213 SERPINE1 −0.203441585 214 ADAMTS14 −0.221523101 215 CREB3L1 −0.248768165 216 CTGF −0.250513415 217 CRISP3 −0.257890987 218 SNORD114-1 −0.261554435 219 FAM111B −0.31605279 220 CXCL14 −0.356310031 221 COL5A2 −0.373994826 222 SFRP4 −0.443299754 223 ODZ3 −0.452582522 224 CKMT1B −0.464675681 225 HOXA2 −0.466941259 226 CXCL12 −0.500158659 227 SFRP2 −0.511192219 228 EPYC −0.53044603 229 CTSK −0.548238141 230 COL11A1 −0.548627827 231 LUM −0.666936872 232

TABLE K Probeset Gene SEQ ID No. OC3SNGnh.12195_x_at ACTR1A 913 ADXStrong36_at ACTR1A N/A OC3P.4237.C1_s_at ACTR1A 914 OC3P.2875.C1_s_at ACTR1A 915 OC3SNGn.2781-864a_s_at ACTR1A 916 OCADA.3613_s_at ADAMTS10 917 OC3SNGnh.16809_s_at ADAMTS10 918 OCADA.3613_x_at ADAMTS10 919 OC3SNGnh.15138_x_at ADAMTS10 920 OCADNP.16013_s_at ADAMTS10 921 OC3SNGnh.16809_at ADAMTS10 922 OC3P.10843.C1_s_at ADAMTS14 923 OC3P.10512.C1_s_at ADAMTSL2 924 OCRS2.7089_s_at ADAMTSL2 925 OCADNP.9212_s_at ALOX5AP 926 OC3SNGn.6061-323a_s_at ALOX5AP 927 OCHP.1634_x_at AMYP1 928 OCRS2.10811_s_at AMYP1 929 OCRS2.2503_s_at AMYP1 930 OCUTR.200_s_at APOBEC3F 931 OCADNP.5415_x_at APOBEC3F 932 OC3SNGn.8424-313a_x_at APOBEC3F 933 OC3P.8406.C1_x_at APOBEC3F 934 OCADA.5213_s_at APOBEC3F 935 OC3P.8406.C1_s_at APOBEC3F 936 OC3SNGn.2950-782a_x_at APOL1 937 OC3SNGnh.16528_x_at APOL1 938 OC3SNGnh.16528_at APOL1 939 OC3P.1177.C1_x_at APOL1 940 OC3P.1177.C2_s_at APOL3 941 OC3SNGnh.7607_x_at APOL3 942 OC3P.5638.C1_x_at APOL6 943 OC3SNG.3005-7069a_s_at APOL6 944 OCADA.7386_s_at ARHGAP28 945 OCADNP.8921_s_at ARHGAP28 946 OCRS2.820_s_at ATP5J2P3 947 OCRS2.5034_s_at ATXN7L3 948 OC3SNG.2893-43a_s_at ATXN7L3 949 OCMXSNG.5067_s_at B2M 950 OC3P.405.CB2_x_at B2M 951 ADXGoodB50_at B2M N/A OC3P.405.CB1_x_at B2M 952 OCADNP.3105_s_at B2M 953 OCADNP.4353_s_at B2M 954 OCEM.1629_x_at B2M 955 OCADNP.1950_s_at BICC1 956 OCADA.10388_s_at BICC1 957 OCMXSNG.4199_x_at BICC1 958 OC3SNGnh.7031_s_at BICC1 959 OCRS2.4990_s_at BICC1 960 OC3SNGnh.6778_s_at BICC1 961 OC3SNGnh.11887_x_at BICC1 962 OC3SNG.710-16934a_s_at BIRC3 963 OC3SNG.1178-15a_s_at BIRC3 964 OC3P.6452.C1_s_at BMF 965 OC3SNGn.2995-3680a_s_at BMF 966 OC3SNG.1690-1116a_s_at BMP4 967 OC3SNG.6227-154a_s_at BMP4 968 OCHP.1932_s_at BMP4 969 OCMX.1053.C1_x_at BRF2 970 OCMXSNG.2477_at BRF2 971 ADXStrong39_at BRF2 N/A OCMX.1053.C1_at BRF2 972 OCADNP.8779_s_at BRF2 973 OCADNP.8778_s_at BRF2 974 ADXGood98_at BRF2 N/A OC3SNGnh.11044_s_at BTLA 975 OCRS.1136_s_at BTLA 976 OC3SNGn.174-1a_s_at C10orf114 977 OC3SNG.1180-19a_s_at C10orf81 978 OC3SNGn.301-8a_s_at C10orf81 979 OC3P.5692.C1_s_at C10orf81 980 OC3SNGn.7786-6a_s_at C10orf81 981 OC3SNG.1287-14a_s_at C1orf130 982 OC3P.2845.C1_s_at C20orf3 983 OC3P.2845.C1_at C20orf3 984 OC3SNGnh.9851_x_at C5orf4 985 OC3P.5410.C1_s_at C5orf4 986 OC3SNGnh.9851_at C5orf4 987 OC3SNG.887-30a_x_at C6orf203 988 ADXGood87_at C6orf203 N/A OC3SNG.4961-30a_x_at C6orf203 989 OC3SNG.2275-28a_x_at C6orf203 990 OC3P.7754.C1_x_at C8orf55 991 OCRS.1072_s_at CC2D1B 992 OC3P.8147.C1_s_at CC2D1B 993 OCADNP.6491_s_at CC2D1B 994 OCADA.5455_s_at CC2D1B 995 OCADNP.9668_s_at CDKN2C 996 OC3P.12264.C1_x_at CDKN2C 997 OC3SNGn.8263-35a_x_at CEACAM1 998 OC3SNGn.2117-1801a_s_at CEACAM1 999 OCHP.710_s_at CEACAM1 1000 OC3P.13249.C1_x_at CHODL 1001 OCMX.7042.C1_s_at CHODL 1002 OCMX.15594.C1_s_at CHODL 1003 OCMXSNG.1530_s_at CHODL 1004 OC3SNG.3556-78a_s_at CHODL 1005 OCMX.7042.C1_x_at CHODL 1006 OC3SNGn.4742-71060a_s_at CHODL 1007 OC3SNG.549-201852a_s_at CHODL 1008 OC3SNGn.4741-34831a_s_at CHODL 1009 OCEM.1035_s_at CHODL 1010 OC3P.5287.C1_at CHSY1 1011 OC3P.5894.C1_s_at CHSY1 1012 OC3P.4600.C1_s_at CKMT1B 1013 OC3P.1561.C1_s_at COL11A1 1014 OC3P.6907.C1_s_at COL11A1 1015 OC3P.1561.C1_x_at COL11A1 1016 OCADA.4133_s_at COL11A1 1017 OC3SNGnh.16343_x_at COL11A1 1018 OC3P.3047.C1_x_at COL16A1 1019 OC3P.3047.C1-304a_s_at COL16A1 1020 OC3SNGnh.6481_s_at COL16A1 1021 OCMX.338.C1_at COL5A2 1022 OC3P.6029.C1_s_at COL5A2 1023 OCRS2.8960_s_at COL5A2 1024 OCMX.338.C1_x_at COL5A2 1025 OC3P.2713.C1_s_at COL5A2 1026 OC3P.12307.C1_x_at COL5A2 1027 OC3SNGnh.20566_s_at COPZ2 1028 OCADA.4902_s_at COPZ2 1029 OC3SNGnh.4100_at CP 1030 OCMX.4331.C3_s_at CP 1031 OCADA.4957_s_at CP 1032 OCADNP.7608_s_at CP 1033 OC3SNG.1600-2703a_s_at CP 1034 OC3SNGn.5770-13089a_at CP 1035 OCHP.124_s_at CP 1036 OC3P.2585.C1_x_at CP 1037 OCHPRC.52_s_at CP 1038 OCHP.193_s_at CP 1039 OC3P.2361.C1_s_at CP 1040 OC3SNG.67-21a_s_at CREB3L1 1041 OC3SNG.1826-29a_x_at CRISP3 1042 OC3SNGnh.3590_at CSRP2 1043 OCHP.1027_s_at CSRP2 1044 OCADNP.9526_s_at CTGF 1045 OC3P.1178.C1_at CTGF 1046 OC3P.1178.C1_x_at CTGF 1047 OC3P.4572.C1_s_at CTSK 1048 OC3P.3318.C1_s_at CXCL10 1049 OCADA.10769_s_at CXCL11 1050 OCADA.9983_s_at CXCL11 1051 OCHP.873_s_at CXCL12 1052 OCHP.852_s_at CXCL12 1053 OCHP.913_s_at CXCL12 1054 OCADA.8979_s_at CXCL14 1055 OCHP.1072_s_at CXCL14 1056 OC3SNG.240-1128a_s_at CXCL14 1057 OCHP.1896_s_at CYP4B1 1058 OCADNP.709_s_at CYP4B1 1059 OCADNP.2336_s_at DAAM1 1060 OCADNP.4315_s_at DAAM1 1061 OC3P.15553.C1_s_at DAAM1 1062 OC3SNGn.2635-651a_s_at DAAM1 1063 OC3SNGnh.12060_s_at DAAM1 1064 OCADA.7103_s_at DAAM1 1065 OCRS.1398_at DBN1 1066 OC3P.298.C1_s_at DBN1 1067 OCRS.1398_x_at DBN1 1068 OCADA.8592_s_at DBN1 1069 OC3SNG.5293-38a_s_at DCAF5 1070 OCADA.3135_s_at DCAF5 1071 OC3P.12587.C1_s_at DCAF5 1072 OC3P.9318.C1_s_at DCAF5 1073 OC3P.9525.C1_x_at DDR1 1074 OC3SNG.1859-16a_s_at DDR1 1075 OC3SNGn.6552-124a_s_at DEFB1 1076 OCRS2.12509_s_at DEFB1 1077 ADXStrongB6_at DNMT3A N/A OC3P.9719.C1_at DNMT3A 1078 OCRS2.1573_s_at DNMT3A 1079 OC3SNGnh.5575_x_at DNMT3A 1080 OCADNP.9700_s_at DNMT3A 1081 OC3SNGnh.16027_x_at DNMT3A 1082 OCMXSNG.4423_x_at DNMT3A 1083 OC3P.9719.C1_s_at DNMT3A 1084 OC3P.9719.C1-476a_s_at DNMT3A 1085 OCMXSNG.4423_at DNMT3A 1086 OC3SNGnh.7008_x_at DNMT3A 1087 OC3SNG.804-53a_s_at DTX1 1088 OC3SNGnh.3248_x_at DTX1 1089 OCADA.1205_s_at DTX1 1090 OC3P.2375.C1_s_at EFS 1091 OCADNP.10111_s_at EFS 1092 OC3P.2318.C1_s_at EIF4EBP3 1093 OC3SNGnh.19542_s_at EIF4EBP3 1094 OCADA.9737_s_at EPYC 1095 OC3SNG.3070-45a_s_at ETV7 1096 OCRS2.11702_x_at ETV7 1097 OCEM.668_s_at ETV7 1098 OC3P.6561.C1_s_at EYA4 1099 ADXUglyB80_at EYA4 N/A OCRS.391_s_at EYA4 1100 OC3SNGnh.2970_x_at EYA4 1101 OC3SNGnh.15042_x_at EYA4 1102 OCADNP.15820_s_at F2R 1103 OCHP.779_x_at F2R 1104 OC3SNG.712-38a_s_at F2R 1105 OC3P.6713.C1_s_at FAAH 1106 OCADA.835_s_at FAM111B 1107 OCRS2.11211_x_at FAM111B 1108 OCRS2.11211_at FAM111B 1109 OCHP.614_s_at FAM3B 1110 OC3P.10042.C1_s_at FAM3B 1111 OC3SNG.854-20a_s_at FAM96A 1112 OC3P.11005.C1_s_at FAT2 1113 OC3P.2096.C1_x_at FBLN1 1114 OC3P.2147.C1-478a_s_at FBLN1 1115 OCHP.904_x_at FBLN1 1116 OCHP.212_s_at FBLN1 1117 OCADNP.9451_s_at FBLN1 1118 OC3P.1250.C1_s_at FBLN1 1119 OCMX.2648.C1_s_at FBLN1 1120 OCHP.899_s_at FBLN1 1121 OC3P.11075.C1_s_at FBN3 1122 OCRS2.5152_s_at FJX1 1123 OC3P.6045.C1_s_at FJX1 1124 OC3P.4921.C1_at FZD1 1125 OC3P.4921.C1-347a_s_at FZD1 1126 OCADNP.7579_s_at FZD1 1127 OC3P.4921.C1_x_at FZD1 1128 OC3SNGn.1967-29a_s_at FZD4 1129 OCADNP.7425_s_at FZD4 1130 OC3P.2042.C1_s_at FZD4 1131 OC3P.13199.C1_s_at GALNT1 1132 OC3SNGnh.8607_x_at GALNT1 1133 OC3P.6817.C1_s_at GALNT1 1134 OCADNP.10124_s_at GALNT1 1135 OCADNP.12320_s_at GALNT1 1136 OCADA.4308_s_at GALNT1 1137 OC3SNG.1687-462a_s_at GALNT1 1138 OC3P.8087.C1_s_at GAS7 1139 OC3SNGn.2341-4940a_s_at GAS7 1140 OC3SNGn.2340-3426a_s_at GAS7 1141 OCADNP.9441_s_at GAS7 1142 OCADA.10080_s_at GAS7 1143 ADXStrongB54_at GAS7 N/A OCADA.10109_s_at GAS7 1144 OCADA.1734_s_at GAS7 1145 OC3P.1629.C1_s_at GBP5 1146 OC3SNGn.3058-31a_s_at GBP5 1147 OC3SNGn.8331-31a_s_at GBP5 1148 OC3P.12320.C1_s_at GNG11 1149 OC3P.9220.C1_s_at GOLGA2B 1150 OCADNP.11902_s_at GPC6 1151 OC3SNGnh.342_x_at GPC6 1152 OCADA.7642_s_at GPC6 1153 OCADA.4306_s_at GPC6 1154 OCADA.12782_s_at GPC6 1155 OCRS.951_s_at GPC6 1156 OCADNP.14363_s_at GPC6 1157 OCADNP.13892_s_at GPC6 1158 OC3SNGnh.10610_x_at GPC6 1159 OCADA.4214_s_at GPC6 1160 OCRS2.8554_s_at GPR124 1161 OC3P.7680.C1-589a_s_at GPR124 1162 OC3P.7680.C1_at GPR124 1163 OC3SNGn.3383-29a_s_at GPR126 1164 OCADNP.12006_s_at GPR126 1165 OC3P.11725.C1_at GPR176 1166 OCADNP.7882_s_at GPR176 1167 OCADNP.15707_s_at GPR176 1168 OC3P.11725.C1_s_at GPR176 1169 OC3P.13228.C1_s_at GRB10 1170 ADXGoodB21_at GRB10 N/A OCADNP.8343_s_at GRB10 1171 OCADA.8023_s_at GRB10 1172 OC3P.9535.C1_s_at GRB10 1173 ADXGood101_at HCCS N/A OC3P.3092.C1_s_at HCCS 1174 OC3SNG.6061-26a_s_at HCCS 1175 OCRS2.11321_s_at HCG27 1176 OC3P.3875.C1_s_at HERC6 1177 OCADA.1952_s_at HERC6 1178 OC3SNGn.7249-10a_x_at HIF3A 1179 OCADA.572_s_at HIF3A 1180 OCADNP.8797_s_at HIF3A 1181 OCADA.452_s_at HIF3A 1182 OCADNP.5407_s_at HIF3A 1183 OCADNP.5866_s_at HIF3A 1184 OCEM.1965_x_at HLA-B 1185 OCADNP.9529_x_at HLA-B 1186 OCADNP.9519_x_at HLA-B 1187 OCADNP.8709_x_at HLA-B 1188 OCRS2.731_x_at HLA-B 1189 OC3P.141.C12_x_at HLA-B 1190 OC3P.141.C17_x_at HLA-B 1191 OC3P.4729.C1_s_at HLA-DMB 1192 OCMX.15188.C1_s_at HLA-DMB 1193 OCRS2.11859_s_at HLA-DRB6 1194 OC3SNGn.5065-56a_x_at HLA-DRB6 1195 OCADNP.4750_x_at HLA-DRB6 1196 OCADNP.6175_x_at HLA-DRB6 1197 OCADA.5023_s_at HOXA2 1198 OC3SNG.4039-40a_s_at HSD17B14 1199 OC3SNG.813-28a_s_at HSD17B14 1200 OC3P.15241.C1_s_at HSD17B8 1201 OC3P.4924.C1_s_at HSPA2 1202 OC3P.4924.C1-306a_s_at HSPA2 1203 OCRS2.3397_s_at HSPBL3 1204 OCHP.611_s_at HSPBL3 1205 OC3P.12955.C1_s_at HTRA3 1206 OC3SNG.638-18a_s_at HTRA3 1207 OC3SNGn.8155-20a_x_at IFI27 1208 OC3P.2271.C3_s_at IFI27 1209 OC3P.12110.C1_s_at IFI44L 1210 OC3P.9547.C1_x_at IFI44L 1211 OC3P.9547.C1_at IFI44L 1212 ADXBad32_at IFI44L N/A OC3P.9280.C1_x_at IFI44L 1213 OCADA.488_s_at IFIH1 1214 ADXUglyB47_at IFIH1 N/A OC3SNGnh.3305_s_at IFIH1 1215 OC3P.10280.C1_s_at IFIH1 1216 OCADA.5602_s_at IFIH1 1217 OCADNP.3740_s_at IGFBP7 1218 OCMX.11971.C1_s_at IGFBP7 1219 OC3SNGn.4133-3670a_x_at IGFBP7 1220 OC3SNGnh.5634_s_at IGFBP7 1221 OC3SNGn.5009-5456a_x_at IGFBP7 1222 ADXGoodB24_at IGFBP7 N/A OCADNP.3131_x_at IGFBP7 1223 OC3SNG.1653-16a_s_at IGFBP7 1224 OCADNP.4032_s_at IGFBP7 1225 OCADNP.4758_s_at IL15 1226 OC3SNG.2608-26a_s_at IL15 1227 OC3SNGnh.17571_x_at IL15 1228 OCADNP.7752_s_at IL15 1229 OC3SNGnh.17571_at IL15 1230 OCRS2.6584_s_at ILDR1 1231 OC3SNG.1239-107a_s_at ILDR1 1232 OCADNP.370_s_at ILDR1 1233 OCADNP.4263_s_at ITGB1 1234 OCHP.774_x_at ITGB1 1235 OCHP.334_s_at ITGB1 1236 OCHP.798_x_at ITGB1 1237 OCHP.744_s_at ITGB1 1238 OCADNP.408_s_at ITGB1 1239 OCHP.761_x_at ITGB1 1240 OCADNP.17259_s_at KCNJ4 1241 OCADA.9900_s_at KCNJ4 1242 OCADA.9429_s_at KDM5A 1243 OC3SNGnh.17035_at KDM5A 1244 OCMX.12398.C1_x_at KDM5A 1245 OC3P.6882.C1_s_at KDM5A 1246 OC3SNGnh.17668_x_at KDM5A 1247 OCHP.1380_s_at KDM5A 1248 OC3P.12897.C1_s_at KDM5A 1249 OCADNP.2795_s_at KDM5A 1250 OC3SNGnh.17035_x_at KDM5A 1251 OCADA.4719_s_at KDM5A 1252 OC3SNGnh.12409_x_at KIAA1324 1253 ADXBad44_at KIAA1324 N/A OC3SNG.4404-2900a_x_at KIAA1324 1254 ADXStrongB45_at KIAA1324 N/A OCADNP.5286_s_at KIAA1324 1255 OCMX.11681.C1_at KIAA1324 1256 OCMX.11681.C1_x_at KIAA1324 1257 OC3SNGnh.4924_x_at KIAA1324 1258 OC3SNG.3368-36a_s_at KIAA1324 1259 ADXBad2_at KIAA1324 N/A OC3SNG.35-2898a_x_at KIAA1324 1260 OC3P.10299.C1_s_at KIAA1324 1261 OC3SNGn.244-94a_s_at KIAA1324L 1262 OCADNP.6595_s_at KIAA1324L 1263 OCMX.12418.C1_at KIAA1486 1264 OCADNP.745_s_at KLRK1 1265 OCEM.419_s_at KLRK1 1266 OCADA.9684_s_at KLRK1 1267 ADXUglyB24_at LPAR4 N/A OCADA.9771_s_at LPAR4 1268 OCADA.7662_s_at LRFN5 1269 OCADNP.2843_s_at LRFN5 1270 OC3P.7872.C1_s_at LRP4 1271 OCADA.8975_s_at LRP4 1272 ADXUgly12_at LRRC14 N/A OC3P.10946.C1_s_at LRRC14 1273 OCHP.1534_x_at LUM 1274 OCHP.1534_s_at LUM 1275 OCEM.2131_at MAL 1276 OCHP.146_s_at MAL 1277 OCEM.2131_s_at MAL 1278 ADXGoodB51_at MAL N/A OCEM.1462_s_at MAP3K13 1279 OC3P.9313.C1_s_at MAP3K13 1280 OCEM.1462_at MAP3K13 1281 OCADNP.11967_s_at MAP3K13 1282 OC3P.12558.C1_s_at MAP3K13 1283 OCADNP.8546_s_at MAP3K13 1284 OC3SNGnh.670_s_at MAP3K13 1285 OCADA.1770_s_at MAP3K13 1286 OCADA.10625_s_at MAP3K13 1287 OCMX.11265.C1_x_at MBNL3 1288 OC3SNGn.7601-3a_s_at MBNL3 1289 OCADNP.12040_s_at MBNL3 1290 OC3P.15006.C1_s_at MBNL3 1291 OCADNP.9948_s_at MBNL3 1292 OCMX.11265.C1_at MBNL3 1293 OCRS.637_s_at MBNL3 1294 OC3P.10771.C1_s_at METTL7B 1295 OCADA.11193_s_at MEX3B 1296 OC3SNGn.1875-54a_s_at MEX3B 1297 OCADNP.936_at MICA 1298 OCADNP.936_x_at MICA 1299 OC3P.10120.C1_s_at MICA 1306 OCRS2.6328_x_at MICA 1300 OCEM.1828_at MICA 1301 OC3P.10120.C1_x_at MICA 1302 OC3SNGnh.18192_x_at MICA 1303 OCEM.1828_x_at MICA 1304 OC3P.3683.C1_s_at MICB 1305 OC3P.10120.C1_s_at MICB 1306 OCADA.3772_s_at MIR142 1307 OCADA.3728_s_at MIR142 1308 OC3SNGnh.5895_s_at MIR143 1309 OC3P.12440.C1_s_at MLLT11 1310 OCADNP.5252_s_at MOBKL2C 1311 OC3P.8598.C1_x_at MOBKL2C 1312 OC3P.11340.C1_s_at MPDZ 1313 OCADA.11052_s_at MPDZ 1314 OCADNP.9320_s_at MSI1 1315 OCRS.626_at MSI1 1316 OCRS.626_x_at MSI1 1317 OC3SNG.5240-30a_s_at MT1G 1318 OC3P.355.C6_x_at MT1L 1319 OC3SNG.429-358a_x_at MT1L 1320 OC3SNGn.7152-2a_s_at MT1L 1321 OCMXSNG.3748_s_at MTCP1 1322 OC3SNG.2207-16a_s_at MTCP1 1323 OCADNP.13496_s_at MTCP1 1324 ADXGood103_at MTCP1 N/A OCADA.8530_s_at MTCP1 1325 OC3P.3173.C1_s_at MX1 1326 OC3SNGnh.18345_s_at MX1 1327 OCMXSNG.4976_s_at MX1 1328 OC3SNGn.3343-1542a_s_at MX1 1329 OCMXSNG.5222_s_at MX1 1330 OC3SNGnh.19645_s_at MX1 1331 OC3SNGnh.18497_s_at MX1 1332 ADXStrong8_at MX1 N/A OC3SNG.1890-21a_x_at MYC 1333 OCRS2.1860_s_at MYC 1334 OCADNP.7405_s_at MYC 1335 OCADNP.16462_s_at MYC 1336 OCHP.226_x_at MYC 1337 OC3P.4871.C1_x_at MYC 1338 ADXGoodB73_at MYLIP N/A OC3P.7441.C2_s_at MYLIP 1339 OC3P.2046.C1_x_at MYLIP 1340 OC3P.12894.C1_s_at NCCRP1 1341 OC3SNG.4346-38a_s_at NDUFS3 1342 OC3P.5365.C2_s_at NDUFS3 1343 OCADNP.2704_s_at NKD1 1344 OCADA.113_s_at NKD1 1345 OCMX.15105.C1_x_at NKD1 1346 OCMX.15105.C1_at NKD1 1347 OC3P.10474.C1_s_at NKD1 1348 OC3P.10474.C1-853a_s_at NKD1 1349 OCEM.1474_s_at NMNAT2 1350 OC3P.1757.C1_s_at NMNAT2 1351 OCADNP.104_s_at NMNAT2 1352 OCMXSNG.1881_x_at NMNAT2 1353 OC3P.289.C1-454a_s_at NMNAT2 1354 OCMXSNG.1881_at NMNAT2 1355 OC3P.289.C1_at NMNAT2 1356 ADXStrong55_at NOTCH3 N/A OCMX.1198.C1_s_at NOTCH3 1357 OCHP.199_s_at NOTCH3 1358 OCADNP.5270_s_at NOTCH3 1359 OC3P.3532.C1_s_at NOTCH3 1360 OCADNP.17585_s_at NPBWR2 1361 OC3SNG.2752-12a_s_at NPR1 1362 OC3P.11825.C1_x_at NPR1 1363 OCRS2.4332_s_at NRBP2 1364 OC3P.5923.C1-395a_s_at NRBP2 1365 OC3SNG.387-9a_s_at NXF2 1366 OC3SNG.387-9a_s_at NXF2B 1366 OC3P.1918.C1_at OAS2 1367 OC3P.1918.C1_x_at OAS2 1368 OC3P.9078.C1_s_at OAS2 1369 OC3SNGnh.19480_x_at OAS2 1370 OC3P.14637.C1_s_at OAS2 1371 ADXBad43_at OAS2 N/A OC3P.1918.C1-567a_s_at OAS2 1372 OC3SNGnh.13341_x_at ODZ3 1373 OCADA.1894_s_at ODZ3 1374 OCADA.10233_s_at ODZ3 1375 OCADNP.15544_s_at ODZ3 1376 OCRS.2100_at ODZ3 1377 OCRS.2100_x_at ODZ3 1378 OC3P.6938.C1_s_at OGT 1379 OC3P.1091.C2_s_at OGT 1380 OC3SNGn.4615-28062a_s_at OGT 1381 ADXGoodB20_at OGT N/A OC3P.1091.C1-398a_s_at OGT 1382 ADXGoodB90_at OGT N/A OCADA.13060_s_at OGT 1383 OC3SNGnh.17759_x_at OGT 1384 OC3P.1091.C1_s_at OGT 1385 ADXStrong32_at OGT N/A ADXGoodB59_at OGT N/A OC3P.3843.C1-466a_s_at OLFML1 1386 ADXBad25_at OLFML1 N/A OCHPRC.93_s_at OLFML1 1387 OC3P.11342.C1_s_at OLFML3 1388 OC3P.14601.C1_s_at PARP9 1389 OC3SNGnh.18057_at PARP9 1390 OC3SNGnh.17896_x_at PARP9 1391 OC3P.1893.C1_s_at PARP9 1392 OC3SNGn.261-2564a_s_at PCYOX1 1393 OC3P.5613.C1_s_at PCYOX1 1394 OC3SNG.18-15a_x_at PCYOX1 1395 OC3SNGn.8530-2270a_s_at PCYOX1 1396 OCADNP.7249_s_at PDGFD 1397 OC3P.9761.C1_s_at PDGFD 1398 OC3SNGn.713-1810a_s_at PDGFD 1399 OC3SNGnh.16119_at PDGFD 1400 OC3SNGnh.10361_x_at PDGFD 1401 OC3SNGnh.16119_x_at PDGFD 1402 OC3P.5664.C1_s_at PHACTR3 1403 OCADA.2200_x_at PHACTR3 1404 OCADA.2200_s_at PHACTR3 1405 OC3SNGn.2640-38a_s_at PHC1 1406 OCRS2.10640_s_at PHC1 1407 OC3P.8943.C1_s_at PHC1 1408 OCADA.1865_s_at PKIA 1409 OCADA.8754_s_at PKIA 1410 ADXStrong5_at PKIA N/A OCADA.9633_s_at PKIA 1411 ADXGoodB7_at PLCG1 N/A OC3P.8718.C1_s_at PLCG1 1412 OCADA.5765_s_at PLCG1 1413 OC3P.9725.C1_s_at PLEKHG2 1414 OCADA.4384_s_at PLEKHG2 1415 OC3SNGnh.18488_x_at PLEKHG2 1416 OC3P.9725.C1_at PLEKHG2 1417 OC3SNGnh.18488_at PLEKHG2 1418 OCADA.2995_s_at PLEKHG2 1419 OCMX.11286.C1_s_at PLXDC1 1420 OC3P.13016.C1_s_at PLXDC1 1421 OC3P.11901.C1_s_at PLXDC1 1422 OC3P.3077.C1_s_at PMEPA1 1423 OCHP.1061_s_at PMEPA1 1424 ADXGood72_at PMP22 N/A OCADA.9170_s_at PMP22 1425 OC3P.10622.C1_s_at PMP22 1426 OC3SNGnh.8944_s_at PMP22 1427 OCUTR.101_x_at PPA1 1428 OC3P.655.C1_s_at PPA1 1429 OCRS2.12824_x_at PPP1R16A 1430 OC3P.59.C1_x_at PPP1R16A 1431 OCMXSNG.1294_at PPP1R16A 1432 OCMXSNG.1294_x_at PPP1R16A 1433 OC3P.1874.C1_s_at PPP1R3B 1434 OC3P.12058.C1_s_at PPP1R3B 1435 OC3SNGn.3329-2837a_s_at PPP1R3B 1436 OC3P.13688.C1_s_at PRPS2 1437 OC3SNGnh.18818_x_at PRPS2 1438 OC3SNG.1788-52a_s_at PSMA5 1439 OC3SNG.6266-52a_x_at PSMA5 1440 OCADA.1277_x_at PSMA5 1441 OCADA.2865_x_at PSMA5 1442 OC3P.5663.C1_s_at PTGFRN 1443 OC3P.6990.C1_s_at PTGFRN 1444 OCADNP.8703_s_at PTGIS 1445 OC3SNGnh.8373_x_at PTGIS 1446 OC3SNGnh.8373_at PTGIS 1447 OCADNP.9600_s_at PTGIS 1448 OC3P.10183.C1_s_at PTPN7 1449 OCADNP.998_x_at PTRF 1450 OC3SNG.1416-18a_s_at PTRF 1451 OC3P.12255.C1_x_at PTRF 1452 OC3SNG.4882-18a_x_at PTRF 1453 OC3SNGnh.10165_x_at PTRF 1454 OCADNP.8300_s_at PTRF 1455 OCHP.964_s_at PUF60 1456 OCHP.1513_s_at PUF60 1457 OCADNP.6711_s_at PVT1 1458 OC3SNGnh.19746_s_at PVT1 1459 OC3P.12914.C1_x_at PVT1 1460 OC3SNGnh.7033_x_at PVT1 1461 OCADA.7024_s_at PVT1 1462 OC3P.12590.C1_s_at PVT1 1463 OC3SNGnh.18875_at PVT1 1464 OC3SNGnh.8972_x_at PVT1 1465 OCADNP.15592_s_at PVT1 1466 OCADA.9299_s_at PVT1 1467 OCADA.2476_s_at PVT1 1468 OC3P.12914.C1_at PVT1 1469 OCADNP.14125_s_at PVT1 1470 OC3SNGnh.18875_x_at PVT1 1471 OC3SNGnh.2328_s_at PVT1 1472 OC3SNGnh.2478_at PVT1 1473 OC3P.8262.C1_s_at RAB31 1474 OC3SNGnh.17870_s_at RAB31 1475 OC3P.11285.C1_s_at RAB31 1476 OCHP.1160_s_at RAB31 1477 OCMX.11222.C1_at RAB31 1478 OCMX.268.C1_s_at RANBP2 1497 OCRS.1769_x_at RANBP2 1479 OC3SNGnh.6542_at RANBP2 1480 OCADA.3091_s_at RANBP2 1481 OCMX.111.C1_s_at RANBP2 1499 OC3P.1162.C1_s_at RANBP2 1482 OCADA.6773_s_at RANBP2 1503 OC3P.11562.C1_s_at RANBP2 1483 OC3P.12656.C1_s_at RASL11B 1484 OCRS.1829_at RBMS3 1485 OC3SNGnh.7044_at RBMS3 1486 OCRS.1829_s_at RBMS3 1487 OC3SNGnh.5586_x_at RBMS3 1488 OCADNP.13042_s_at RBMS3 1489 OCADA.2087_s_at RBMS3 1490 OC3SNGnh.7618_at RBMS3 1491 OCMX.1364.C1_x_at RBMS3 1492 OCADA.5823_s_at RBMS3 1493 OC3SNGnh.7224_x_at RBMS3 1494 OC3SNGnh.7224_at RBMS3 1495 OCADA.6168_s_at RBMS3 1496 OCMX.268.C1_s_at RGPD2 1497 OCRS2.11784_s_at RGPD2 1498 OCMX.111.C1_s_at RGPD2 1499 OC3SNGnh.20500_s_at RGPD2 1500 OC3SNGnh.18250_x_at RGPD2 1501 OCRS2.10139_s_at RGPD2 1502 OCADA.6773_s_at RGPD2 1503 OC3P.10240.C1_s_at RNF113A 1504 OC3SNG.4959-20a_x_at RNPC3 1505 OC3SNG.885-20a_s_at RNPC3 1506 OCADA.3100_x_at RNPC3 1507 OC3SNG.3327-15a_s_at ROM1 1508 OCRS2.6255_s_at RPL9P16 1509 OC3P.5036.C1_s_at SALL2 1510 OC35NGnh.19445_s_at SCGB1D2 1511 OCHP.701_s_at SDC1 1512 OC3SNGn.2091-716a_s_at SDC1 1513 OC3SNGnh.11631_s_at SDK1 1514 OC3P.15017.C1_x_at SDK1 1515 OC3SNGnh.18247_x_at SDK1 1516 OC3SNGnh.10694_x_at SDK1 1517 OC3SNGnh.2027_at SDK1 1518 OC3SNGnh.11631_at SDK1 1519 OC3SNGnh.13374_x_at SDK1 1520 OC3P.4796.C1_s_at SDK1 1521 OC3SNGnh.12868_at SDK1 1522 OC3SNGnh.15230_s_at SDK1 1523 OCRS2.2187_s_at SDK1 1524 OCRS2.5977_s_at SDK1 1525 OC3SNGnh.14168_x_at SDK1 1526 OC3SNGnh.14168_at SDK1 1527 OC3SNGnh.5808_s_at SEC23A 1528 OC3P.2059.C1_s_at SEC23A 1529 OCADNP.7566_s_at SEC23A 1530 OC3SNGn.2856-15a_s_at SERPINA1 1531 OCADA.3610_s_at SERPINA1 1532 OC3SNGn.5875-4740a_s_at SERPINE1 1533 OC3P.2161.C1_s_at SERPINE1 1534 OCADNP.1839_x_at SERPINE1 1535 OC3SNGn.5874-2592a_s_at SERPINE1 1536 OC3SNGn.5873-1900a_s_at SERPINE1 1537 OCHP.456_s_at SERPINE1 1538 OCMX.148.C44_x_at SERPINE1 1539 OC3SNGn.5872-1154a_x_at SERPINE1 1540 ADXGoodB78_at SERPINE1 N/A OC3P.12796.C1_s_at SERPINE1 1541 OC3SNGn.4423-537a_x_at SERPINE1 1542 OCHP.781_s_at SERPINF1 1543 ADXStrong15_at SERPINF1 N/A OCEM.1960_at SERPINF1 1544 ADXStrong8_at SERPINF1 N/A OC3SNGn.251-21a_s_at SFRP2 1545 OC3P.13621.C1_s_at SFRP2 1546 OC3P.10602.C1_s_at SFRP4 1547 OC3P.10602.C1-303a_s_at SFRP4 1548 OCHP.1367_s_at SFRP4 1549 OCADNP.8054_s_at SFRP5 1550 OC3SNG.617-604a_s_at SIPA1L2 1551 OCADNP.1208_s_at SIPA1L2 1552 ADXGoodB32_at SIPA1L2 N/A OCADNP.12385_s_at SIPA1L2 1553 OC3P.2917.C1_s_at SIPA1L2 1554 OC3SNGnh.7545_s_at SLC40A1 1555 OC3SNG.305-10a_s_at SLC40A1 1556 OC3P.10870.C1-466a_s_at SLC40A1 1557 OC3P.10870.C1_s_at SLC40A1 1558 OC3SNGnh.12974_s_at SLC40A1 1559 OCRS.1977_at SMAD9 1560 OCADNP.7805_s_at SMAD9 1561 OCADA.8714_s_at SMAD9 1562 OC3SNGnh.5026_at SNCAIP 1563 OC3P.12279.C1_s_at SNCAIP 1564 OC3SNGnh.7087_x_at SNCAIP 1565 OCHP.747_s_at SNCG 1566 OCRS2.1421_x_at SNORD114-1 1567 OCRS2.1421_at SNORD114-1 1568 OCRS2.12766_at SNORD114-18 1571 OCRS2.8346_at SNORD114-18 1569 OCRS2.8346_x_at SNORD114-18 1570 OCRS2.12766_x_at SNORD114-18 1572 OCRS2.12766_at SNORD114-19 1571 OCRS2.12766_x_at SNORD114-19 1572 OCRS2.3148_at SNORD114-31 1573 OCRS2.3148_x_at SNORD114-31 1574 OCRS2.4372_at SNORD46 1575 OCRS2.4372_x_at SNORD46 1576 OC3P.855.C1_x_at SORL1 1577 OC3P.4739.C1-665a_s_at SORL1 1578 OC3SNGnh.3558_x_at SORL1 1579 OC3P.4739.C1_s_at SORL1 1580 OC3P.855.C1-303a_s_at SORL1 1581 OC3SNGnh.3558_at SORL1 1582 OC3P.855.C1_at SORL1 1583 OCRS2.7312_s_at SORL1 1584 OCMX.4125.C1_at SORL1 1585 OCADNP.11708_s_at SORL1 1586 OCADA.2870_s_at SOX4 1587 OCADA.9338_s_at SOX4 1588 OC3SNG.1802-713a_s_at SOX4 1589 OC3P.9406.C1_s_at SOX4 1590 OC3P.10314.C1_s_at SPDEF 1591 OC3SNGnh.18260_x_at SQRDL 1592 OC3SNGnh.9160_x_at SQRDL 1593 OC3P.2220.C1_s_at SQRDL 1594 OC3SNGnh.16216_x_at SRPK1 1595 OCHP.676_s_at SRPK1 1596 OC3SNGnh.9486_x_at SRPK1 1597 OC3SNGnh.2729_x_at SRPX2 1598 OC3P.12547.C1_s_at SRPX2 1599 OCADA.5796_s_at SRPX2 1600 OC3SNG.2635-30a_s_at SRSF12 1601 OCADNP.22_s_at SRSF12 1602 OCRS2.6419_s_at SRSF12 1603 OC3P.7155.C1_s_at SSH3 1604 OC3P.13645.C1_s_at SYPL1 1605 OC3P.2792.C1_x_at SYPL1 1606 OCRS2.1456_at TBC1D26 1607 OCRS2.1456_s_at TBC1D26 1608 OC3SNG.5377-16a_s_at TBC1D26 1609 OC3P.7002.C1-421a_s_at TCF19 1610 ADXGood6_at TCF19 N/A OCRS2.7197_s_at TCF19 1611 OCHP.901_s_at TERC 1612 OC3P.10233.C1_x_at TGFB3 1613 OCADA.11350_at TGFB3 1614 OC3P.10233.C1_s_at TGFB3 1615 OCUTR.173_s_at THSD4 1616 OC3SNGn.8831-5086a_s_at THSD4 1617 OCADA.4455_s_at THSD4 1618 OC3SNGnh.772_at THSD4 1619 OC3SNGnh.15786_x_at THSD4 1620 OC3SNGnh.2176_x_at THSD4 1621 OC3SNGnh.17621_x_at THSD4 1622 OC3SNGnh.12000_x_at THSD4 1623 OC3SNGnh.18146_x_at THSD4 1624 OC3P.15051.C1_x_at THSD4 1625 OC3P.15419.C1_at THSD4 1626 OC3SNGnh.13191_s_at THSD4 1627 OC3SNGnh.18810_x_at THSD4 1628 OC3SNGnh.17600_x_at THSD4 1629 OC3SNGnh.772_x_at THSD4 1630 OC3P.14917.C1_s_at THSD4 1631 OC3SNGnh.2426_x_at THSD4 1632 OC3SNGnh.18810_at THSD4 1633 OC3P.4324.C1_s_at THSD4 1634 OCADA.5329_s_at THSD4 1635 OCUTR.228_x_at THSD4 1636 OCMX.13245.C1_x_at THSD4 1637 OC3P.4993.C1_at THSD4 1638 OC3P.12061.C1_s_at THSD4 1639 OC3SNGnh.17191_s_at THSD4 1640 OCMX.13245.C1_at THSD4 1641 OC3SNGnh.11620_at THSD4 1642 OCMX.14285.C1_x_at THSD4 1643 OC3P.5043.C1_at THSD4 1644 OC3SNGnh.18146_at THSD4 1645 OC3P.4993.C1_s_at THSD4 1646 OC3SNGnh.17441_at THSD4 1647 OC3SNGnh.18103_at THSD4 1648 OC3SNGnh.2426_at THSD4 1649 OC3P.15419.C1_x_at THSD4 1650 OC3SNG.359-662a_s_at THY1 1651 OC3P.2790.C1_s_at THY1 1652 OCHP.607_s_at THY1 1653 OC3P.9682.C1_s_at TIGD5 1654 OCADA.9719_s_at TLR3 1655 OCADA.6345_s_at TMC5 1656 OCADNP.5555_s_at TMC5 1657 OC3P.6033.C1_x_at TMC5 1658 OC3P.1529.C1_s_at TMC5 1659 OC3SNGnh.17082_x_at TMC5 1660 OC3P.3724.C2-437a_s_at TMEM173 1661 OC3P.3724.C2_s_at TMEM173 1662 OC3SNGn.1012-2074a_s_at TMEM47 1663 OC3P.2151.C1_s_at TMEM47 1664 OC3P.13714.C1_s_at TMEM87B 1665 OC3SNGnh.4981_at TMEM87B 1666 OC3P.2037.C1-520a_s_at TMEM87B 1667 OC3SNGnh.4981_x_at TMEM87B 1668 OCRS.923_s_at TMEM87B 1669 OCADA.6525_s_at TMEM87B 1670 OC3P.2037.C1_s_at TMEM87B 1671 OC3P.715.C1_x_at TMEM98 1672 OC3P.715.C1_s_at TMEM98 1673 OCMX.14198.C1_x_at TMEM98 1674 OC3P.715.C1_at TMEM98 1675 OCMX.14198.C1_at TMEM98 1676 OC3SNGn.4429-110a_x_at TMOD4 1677 OC3SNGn.395-1a_s_at TMOD4 1678 OC3SNGn.4429-110a_at TMOD4 1679 OC3SNGn.7784-157a_x_at TMOD4 1680 OC3SNGn.1587-1a_s_at TNNI2 1681 OC3SNG.5440-21a_s_at TNNI2 1682 OC3P.10278.C1_x_at TUBB4 1683 OC3P.9430.C1_s_at UBA7 1684 OC3P.1506.C1_s_at UBD 1685 OC3P.14896.C1_s_at UNC5A 1686 OCADA.3211_s_at UNC5C 1687 OCADNP.13201_s_at UNC5C 1688 OCADNP.684_s_at UNC5C 1689 OC3SNGnh.14349_x_at UNC5C 1690 OCMX.12995.C1_at UNC5C 1691 OCHP.603_s_at UNC5C 1692 OCMX.12995.C1_x_at UNC5C 1693 OC3P.1185.C2_x_at VIM 1694 OC3SNG.420-22a_x_at VIM 1695 OC3SNGn.6624-5a_x_at VIM 1696 ADXUglyB15_at VIPR1 N/A OC3P.12378.C1_s_at VIPR1 1697 ADXStrongB45_at VTCN1 N/A OC3SNGnh.12766_x_at VTCN1 1698 OC3SNGnh.17514_at VTCN1 1699 OCHP.189_s_at VTCN1 1700 OC3SNGnh.18452_x_at VTCN1 1701 OC3SNGnh.17514_x_at VTCN1 1702 OCRS2.2500_s_at VTCN1 1703 OCRS2.7154_s_at ZBTB42 1704 OC3P.10867.C1_s_at ZBTB42 1705 OCADNP.8116_s_at ZNF711 1706 OCRS.1792_s_at ZNF711 1707

Accordingly, the method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least one of MT1L, MT1G, LRP4, RASL11B, IFI27, PKIA, ALOX5AP, UBD, MEX3B, and TMEM98. In specific embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of MT1L, MT1G, LRP4, RASL11B, IFI27, PKIA, ALOX5AP, UBD, MEX3B, and TMEM98. In further embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers listed in Table I.

The method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 185 or each of the biomarkers from Table L. In certain embodiments the method may comprise measuring the expression levels of 15-26 biomarkers from Table L. The inventors have shown that measuring the expression levels of at least 15 of the biomarkers in Table L enables the subtype to be reliably detected.

TABLE L GeneSymbol weights bias AARS −0.65639 7.401032 ABCA17P 0.922294 3.334055 ABCA9 −0.58363 4.493582 ADAMTSL2 −0.38509 5.279609 ADRM1 1.026765 7.596166 AEBP1 −0.60204 7.326171 ANO7 −0.71308 4.327116 APOBEC3F 1.033609 5.893126 APOBEC3G 0.367923 6.401795 ATP5J2P3 0.485092 4.631863 ATP6V1B1 0.453586 9.658557 BTLA 0.584921 2.916224 C10orf114 −0.27237 4.821022 C11orf9 −0.93444 5.988653 C1orf130 0.618969 4.487537 C20orf103 −0.37885 4.647136 C6orf124 −1.16213 5.077056 C7orf27 −0.67931 7.460152 C9orf125 0.652801 4.915404 CACHD1 0.487651 5.033627 CALU −1.02742 7.520193 CAMTA1 −0.89487 5.421286 CC2D1B 0.948738 5.305526 CDKN2C 0.464217 4.383252 CHGA 0.367516 4.820369 CHODL 0.563157 3.725809 CLDN6 −0.22546 5.014718 CNOT10 0.74618 4.275432 COL10A1 −0.27582 6.050837 COL16A1 −0.72725 5.199019 CPD 0.784465 5.488085 CTNNBL1 −0.8148 5.385506 DAAM1 −0.88057 5.746927 DCAF5 −0.98274 5.975384 DDR2 −1.02071 5.653505 DEF8 1.11319 5.55285 DIS3L 0.419915 5.918805 DLL1 −0.48834 3.669433 DSG2 −0.72621 5.919129 EFNB3 −0.74559 4.919776 EGFLAM −0.52165 4.71277 EID2 −0.44237 5.773564 EIF2AK1 −0.3068 5.658335 EIF4EBP1 −0.71459 7.109601 ENDOU 0.293396 5.348262 ERAP2 0.584489 5.095089 FAAH2 0.173995 4.956479 FAM117B 1.128773 4.655475 FAM131B −0.52377 6.175618 FAM134A 0.849807 6.590952 FAM198B −0.4639 2.707193 FAM19A5 −0.25257 3.907392 FAM201A 0.250566 3.910334 FAM86A 0.634045 6.60684 FAT2 0.319655 8.524751 FAT4 −0.23655 2.889227 FHL2 0.537704 4.2723 FIGN −0.34634 4.423745 FJX1 1.051816 6.664334 FRMD8 0.532185 9.590093 GABRE 0.239505 5.30313 GALNT1 −0.45313 6.018831 GBAP1 0.911469 4.886108 GBP1 0.312193 5.58982 GLRX −0.49583 2.318808 GNAI1 −0.55211 6.922587 GNG11 −0.56131 5.885839 GOLGA2B 0.523479 4.127833 GOLGA7 −0.89626 7.894601 GPR124 −0.61873 4.990225 GPR87 −0.55846 2.384806 HCG27 0.681432 5.777026 HDHD1 0.852639 5.762428 HECTD3 1.031804 7.320371 HGSNAT −0.95292 7.324317 HLA-DMB 0.342698 7.74009 HLA-DPA1 0.424987 6.141466 HOXB3 0.769857 5.110344 HRASLS 0.593993 5.07244 HSD17B14 −0.72006 7.38998 HSPBP1 −1.26293 7.536136 HTRA1 −0.53755 8.855317 IGFBP7 −0.63907 5.603764 IPO8 −1.10956 7.762268 ITGA11 −0.54575 4.085074 IVNS1ABP −1.29404 7.327752 KCND2 0.152994 6.978517 KDM5A −0.77944 6.279645 KHDRBS3 0.744668 3.720225 KIAA1324 0.423355 4.457234 KIF26A −0.49085 5.151089 LATS2 −0.84391 4.366105 LILRB1 0.547184 6.286473 LONRF3 −0.69342 3.550519 LRRC47 1.147953 7.164294 LYRM7 1.507855 6.993756 MALL −0.67656 6.270219 MAPK1IP1L −0.76504 4.371223 09-Mar 0.790383 4.372016 MAT2B 0.508078 9.368301 MDH1B 0.707623 4.723468 MED29 −0.59144 7.58716 MIR1245 −0.21849 4.967581 MIR1825 0.735714 8.113055 MMP13 −0.2623 3.383705 MRVI1 −0.46315 4.85013 MS4A8B −0.75325 2.629675 MT1L 0.449177 9.204179 MTM1 0.661607 5.61342 MYLIP 0.478751 6.623007 MZT1 −0.3857 6.393013 NCCRP1 −0.26899 5.426857 NDUFAF4 0.701993 5.308435 NEU1 −0.77738 6.786668 NKD1 −0.53162 4.063017 NMNAT2 0.698227 4.65029 NOX4 −0.26589 4.562509 NTN4 0.338464 3.756298 OGFOD2 0.919712 6.370094 OXNAD1 −1.1043 4.910198 PARP9 0.627251 5.871653 PCOLCE −0.74142 6.433086 PKHD1L1 0.279131 3.674874 POLH 1.022503 5.778668 PPA1 0.606982 9.406626 PPP1R14A −1.10798 5.575699 PPP1R3B −0.40058 3.625393 PPTC7 −0.92157 4.074024 PQLC3 0.602949 8.622679 PROSC −1.08894 4.917455 PRPS2 0.612148 7.107149 PRR5L 0.516817 5.137202 PRRT1 −0.85902 4.475276 PTPN7 0.23212 7.59385 RAB25 0.422749 8.078456 RANBP3 1.272601 5.744696 RASAL3 0.497973 7.040146 RASSF2 −0.58881 3.897682 RIOK3 −1.16178 7.767987 RORA 0.871987 5.720607 SCEL −0.31467 2.339399 SCN3B 0.498042 5.406948 SERPINA5 −0.37896 4.633783 SIPA1L2 −0.53172 5.340869 SLC25A20 −0.53431 3.506854 SLC25A45 0.673913 7.136345 SLC26A10 −0.93989 5.545123 SLC35A1 0.707593 7.117949 SLC44A4 0.411808 6.293524 SNORD119 0.586489 5.795974 SP100 0.667182 5.892435 SP140L 0.640598 5.472334 SPG20 −0.43428 4.996652 SRPK1 0.622519 4.483086 ST6GAL1 0.313862 4.541053 SYN1 1.579045 5.950278 SYT13 0.47853 4.679104 SYTL4 −0.61486 3.764143 TATDN2 1.033457 7.150942 TBC1D26 −0.64087 4.356035 TBX3 −0.65687 4.556336 TCF4 −0.47897 4.755404 THY1 −0.35956 7.810588 TLR3 0.59882 3.262462 TMEM169 −0.36994 4.129678 TMEM173 0.464915 7.596418 TMEM200A −0.1415 3.309473 TMEM200B −0.43728 5.149805 TMEM222 0.735448 6.376735 TMEM30B −0.73339 4.590222 TMEM55B −0.87579 6.509398 TMEM56 0.670554 3.237535 TMEM62 0.58294 5.776118 TMEM87B 0.918136 4.210936 TMOD4 0.80627 4.917728 TNKS2 −0.61379 5.36376 TNNI2 −0.41583 6.646823 TRRAP −0.54824 5.276388 TSPAN8 −0.76554 5.705074 TWIST1 −0.18936 7.048776 TXK 0.806144 3.558338 UPK2 −0.33133 2.785719 UST −0.42458 6.774158 WBSCR17 −0.61591 4.189211 ZNF426 0.643991 3.717797 ZNF532 −0.65961 4.723125 ZNF720 −0.88277 5.366577 ZNF818P 0.484876 4.027402

The biomarkers from Table L are ranked in Table M from most important to least important based upon hazard ratio reduction when the genes are included versus when they are excluded. The genes/biomarkers may be selected for inclusion in a panel of biomarkers/a signature based on their ranking. Table N illustrates probesets that can be used to detect expression of the biomarkers.

TABLE M GENE DELTA HR RANK MT1L 0.908866717 1 GABRE 0.667217276 2 KCND2 0.591077431 3 UPK2 0.55842258 4 HLA-DPA1 0.534607997 5 SYTL4 0.505566469 6 SCEL 0.30431854 7 MZT1 0.250806306 8 EFNB3 0.237987091 9 DLL1 0.233789098 10 TLR3 0.205307637 11 TMEM173 0.194369459 12 TMEM87B 0.193175461 13 SCN3B 0.192271191 14 PRRT1 0.179933038 15 GBP1 0.179466776 16 TMEM200B 0.17777205 17 SLC25A45 0.161031544 18 HLA-DMB 0.160341067 19 RASAL3 0.157414323 20 APOBEC3G 0.149623496 21 MAPK1IP1L 0.144838522 22 TMEM30B 0.1347231 23 SLC25A20 0.134309271 24 LILRB1 0.12938888 25 ABCA9 0.128671 26 C1orf130 0.125179667 27 MAT2B 0.118737998 28 BTLA 0.108872863 29 FAT2 0.10593471 30 SP140L 0.105840398 31 POLC3 0.105644375 32 GNAI1 0.105622924 33 ERAP2 0.102461512 34 ABCA17P 0.098727035 35 KHDRBS3 0.097222352 36 ENDOU 0.094403985 37 EIF4EBP1 0.092989305 38 PRR5L 0.092468206 39 IVNS1ABP 0.092283009 40 C10orf114 0.085519515 41 ATP6V1B1 0.083089486 42 GBAP1 0.080820611 43 PTPN7 0.079381537 44 PARP9 0.076485924 45 CLDN6 0.076372844 46 LONRF3 0.075339299 47 ATP5J2P3 0.074918776 48 ADRM1 0.072902153 49 MIR1825 0.071481869 50 FRMD8 0.071050122 51 SLC26A10 0.070430629 52 TSPAN8 0.069471845 53 PROSC 0.068444648 54 SLC44A4 0.064557733 55 RAB25 0.06242119 56 RIOK3 0.059023943 57 PPP1R3B 0.058984119 58 SYT13 0.049666341 59 SP100 0.048903812 60 MS4A8B 0.047361692 61 HGSNAT 0.04711386 62 DSG2 0.04608177 63 SNORD119 0.045892653 64 C9orf125 0.045268656 65 EIF2AK1 0.043910334 66 ZNF720 0.039607146 67 MTM1 0.039550106 68 HSPBP1 0.038969628 69 TBX3 0.038421349 70 HCG27 0.037923398 71 DEF8 0.037872255 72 OGFOD2 0.037771874 73 ANO7 0.036694304 74 HECTD3 0.03521687 75 DCAF5 0.03519632 76 TRRAP 0.035103978 77 FAM117B 0.034274233 78 RORA 0.033127429 79 MYLIP 0.031501136 80 APOBEC3F 0.029945075 81 IPO8 0.029292849 82 C7orf27 0.027840666 83 GALNT1 0.027742171 84 TMEM55B 0.026757321 85 SYN1 0.026561904 86 GOLGA7 0.026164524 87 OXNAD1 0.025075483 88 FAT4 0.024030579 89 LYRM7 0.022365957 90 NKD1 0.02217 91 IGFBP7 0.022093298 92 FJX1 0.021930692 93 FAM134A 0.020052167 94 CAMTA1 0.019759097 95 FAM198B 0.018378557 96 TNKS2 0.017848434 97 RANBP3 0.017015191 98 TMEM222 0.016515538 99 CTNNBL1 0.015872357 100 C6orf124 0.014534662 101 KDM5A 0.013576727 102 ZNF532 0.012421816 103 AARS 0.012306547 104 MARCH9 0.011614808 105 CALU 0.010527118 106 NMNAT2 0.006468214 107 FAM131B 0.006429583 108 TATDN2 0.005833596 109 CC2D1B 0.00450517 110 PPP1R14A 0.003255542 111 PPTC7 0.002737645 112 EID2 0.002372556 113 SERPINA5 −0.000503962 114 CPD −0.003015939 115 GPR87 −0.005891465 116 HOXB3 −0.006448662 117 SIPA1L2 −0.009142482 118 FAM19A5 −0.016750461 119 ZNF426 −0.017744701 120 TMOD4 −0.021005842 121 DAAM1 −0.028613335 122 TBC1D26 −0.028805165 123 POLH −0.029750395 124 C20orf103 −0.033242781 125 WBSCR17 −0.037692836 126 NDUFAF4 −0.040356361 127 CNOT10 −0.041114163 128 MDH1B −0.043254001 129 LRRC47 −0.043956122 130 MED29 −0.045907542 131 ST6GAL1 −0.046074486 132 NEU1 −0.052972048 133 GPR124 −0.052992737 134 PPA1 −0.0591455 135 FHL2 −0.06017306 136 TNNI2 −0.063216964 137 GNG11 −0.063915596 138 TXK −0.066621406 139 FAM86A −0.066886683 140 SLC35A1 −0.06777196 141 UST −0.074326855 142 CHODL −0.076775005 143 PRPS2 −0.079107843 144 C11orf9 −0.090905443 145 SPG20 −0.094902921 146 LATS2 −0.096137531 147 KIAA1324 −0.097600443 148 PKHD1L1 −0.097977563 149 ADAMTSL2 −0.104445295 150 ZNF818P −0.106667387 151 TMEM62 −0.113695553 152 NTN4 −0.11394366 153 CDKN2C −0.115202927 154 FIGN −0.118426675 155 DDR2 −0.122492204 156 MALL −0.124483421 157 TCF4 −0.13040915 158 FAM201A −0.148492922 159 CACHD1 −0.158203051 160 PCOLCE −0.163832567 161 EGFLAM −0.173262928 162 SRPK1 −0.176833669 163 TMEM169 −0.177073006 164 GOLGA2B −0.179753363 165 DIS3L −0.185618926 166 HTRA1 −0.187842746 167 HRASLS −0.196261694 168 NCCRP1 −0.20711311 169 HDHD1 −0.213988023 170 GLRX −0.222216581 171 COL16A1 −0.229012506 172 ITGA11 −0.235998942 173 RASSF2 −0.238807477 174 AEBP1 −0.24863769 175 NOX4 −0.252796981 176 TMEM56 −0.255940603 177 KIF26A −0.268124669 178 HSD17B14 −0.278110087 179 MRVI1 −0.295208886 180 TWIST1 −0.302130162 181 THY1 −0.3135314 182 FAAH2 −0.344580603 183 TMEM200A −0.385470923 184 CHGA −0.479861362 185 COL10A1 −0.654186132 186 MIR1245 −0.741380447 187 MMP13 −0.896991441 188

TABLE N Probeset Gene SEQ ID No. OC3P.1619.C1_s_at AARS 1708 OC3P.1619.C1_at AARS 1709 OC3P.1619.C1_x_at AARS 1710 OCADA.3819_s_at ABCA17P 1711 OCRS2.4361_s_at ABCA17P 1712 OCRS2.11473_s_at ABCA17P 1713 OCADNP.4777_s_at ABCA9 1714 OC3P.9255.C1_s_at ABCA9 1715 OC3SNGn.2213-221a_x_at ABCA9 1716 OCADNP.12230_s_at ABCA9 1717 OC3SNGnh.2310_x_at ABCA9 1718 OCADNP.5182_s_at ABCA9 1719 OC3P.10512.C1_s_at ADAMTSL2 1720 OCRS2.7089_s_at ADAMTSL2 1721 OC3P.3283.C2_at ADRM1 1722 OC3SNG.5165-18a_s_at ADRM1 1723 OC3SNGn.2266-7a_s_at ADRM1 1724 OCMXSNG.5475_at AEBP1 1725 OCMXSNG.2603_at AEBP1 1726 ADXStrongB47_at AEBP1 N/A OCHP.1649_s_at AEBP1 1727 OC3P.3458.C1_s_at AEBP1 1728 ADXStrongB42_at AEBP1 N/A OCMXSNG.5474_at AEBP1 1729 OCMXSNG.5474_x_at AEBP1 1730 OC3P.6301.C1_s_at ANO7 1731 OC3P.6301.C1_at ANO7 1732 OCRS2.2777_s_at ANO7 1733 OCUTR.200_s_at APOBEC3F 1734 OCADNP.5415_x_at APOBEC3F 1735 OC3SNGn.8424-313a_x_at APOBEC3F 1736 OC3P.8406.C1_x_at APOBEC3F 1737 OCADA.5213_s_at APOBEC3F 1738 OC3P.8406.C1_s_at APOBEC3F 1739 OC3SNG.5308-20a_s_at APOBEC3G 1740 OCADNP.16260_s_at APOBEC3G 1741 OCRS2.820_s_at ATP5J2P3 1742 OC3SNG.5860-81a_s_at ATP6V1B1 1743 OCHP.1217_x_at ATP6V1B1 1744 OC3SNGnh.11044_s_at BTLA 1745 OCRS.1136_s_at BTLA 1746 OC3SNGn.174-1a_s_at C10orf114 1747 OC3P.860.C1_s_at C11orf9 1748 OCADNP.4793_s_at C11orf9 1749 OC3SNG.1287-14a_s_at C1orf130 1750 OC3P.7546.C1_s_at C20orf103 1751 OCRS2.8279_s_at C6orf124 1752 OCRS2.4080_s_at C6orf124 1753 OC3P.9696.C1_s_at C7orf27 1754 OC3P.5130.C1_at C9orf125 1755 OC3P.15373.C1_s_at C9orf125 1756 OC3P.5130.C1-322a_s_at C9orf125 1757 OCADA.6915_s_at CACHD1 1758 OC3SNGnh.6598_at CACHD1 1759 OC3SNGnh.5252_at CACHD1 1760 OC3SNGnh.5308_x_at CACHD1 1761 OC3P.5821.C1_s_at CACHD1 1762 OC3SNGnh.6598_x_at CACHD1 1763 OC3SNGnh.5252_s_at CACHD1 1764 OC3SNGnh.5955_at CACHD1 1765 OC3SNGnh.4213_x_at CACHD1 1766 ADXGood25_at CALU N/A OC3SNGnh.9873_s_at CALU 1767 OC3SNG.123-901a_s_at CALU 1768 OCADNP.14456_x_at CALU 1769 OC3P.2001.C2-449a_s_at CALU 1770 OCADNP.7231_s_at CALU 1771 OC3SNGnh.11073_x_at CALU 1772 OC3P.13898.C1_s_at CALU 1773 OCHP.1141_s_at CALU 1774 OCADNP.3994_s_at CALU 1775 OC3SNG.1183-1605a_s_at CAMTA1 1776 OC3SNGnh.10266_at CAMTA1 1777 OC3SNG.1182-16a_s_at CAMTA1 1778 OC3SNGnh.16971_at CAMTA1 1779 OCADA.12240_s_at CAMTA1 1780 OC3SNGnh.12316_x_at CAMTA1 1781 OC3P.13685.C1_s_at CAMTA1 1782 OC3P.9592.C1_s_at CAMTA1 1783 OC3SNGnh.10266_x_at CAMTA1 1784 OCADA.467_s_at CAMTA1 1785 OCADNP.13448_s_at CAMTA1 1786 OCRS.1072_s_at CC2D1B 1787 OC3P.8147.C1_s_at CC2D1B 1788 OCADNP.6491_s_at CC2D1B 1789 OCADA.5455_s_at CC2D1B 1790 OCADNP.9668_s_at CDKN2C 1791 OC3P.12264.C1_x_at CDKN2C 1792 OC3SNGn.3112-55a_s_at CHGA 1793 ADXBad17_at CHGA N/A OC3P.13249.C1_x_at CHODL 1794 OCMX.7042.C1_s_at CHODL 1795 OCMX.15594.C1_s_at CHODL 1796 OCMXSNG.1530_s_at CHODL 1797 OC3SNG.3556-78a_s_at CHODL 1798 OCMX.7042.C1_x_at CHODL 1799 OC3SNGn.4742-71060a_s_at CHODL 1800 OC3SNG.549-201852a_s_at CHODL 1801 OC3SNGn.4741-34831a_s_at CHODL 1802 OCEM.1035_s_at CHODL 1803 OCHPRC.81_x_at CLDN6 1804 OCRS2.7326_x_at CLDN6 1805 OC3SNG.2953-20a_x_at CLDN6 1806 OCADNP.9501_s_at CLDN6 1807 OC3P.9796.C1_x_at CNOT10 1808 OC3P.9796.C1_at CNOT10 1809 OCADNP.7022_s_at CNOT10 1810 OCRS.383_s_at COL10A1 1811 OC3SNG.1834-947a_s_at COL10A1 1812 OC3P.3047.C1_x_at COL16A1 1813 OC3P.3047.C1-304a_s_at COL16A1 1814 OC3SNGnh.6481_s_at COL16A1 1815 OCADNP.7339_s_at CPD 1816 OC3SNGnh.14957_x_at CPD 1817 OC3P.6221.C1_x_at CPD 1818 OC3P.6221.C1_at CPD 1819 OC3P.13725.C1_s_at CPD 1820 OC3SNGn.373-984a_s_at CPD 1821 OC3SNG.1724-28a_s_at CPD 1822 OC3SNGnh.18477_x_at CTNNBL1 1823 OCHP.1190_s_at CTNNBL1 1824 OCADNP.2336_s_at DAAM1 1825 OCADNP.4315_s_at DAAM1 1826 OC3P.15553.C1_s_at DAAM1 1827 OC3SNGn.2635-651a_s_at DAAM1 1828 OC3SNGnh.12060_s_at DAAM1 1829 OCADA.7103_s_at DAAM1 1830 OC3SNG.5293-38a_s_at DCAF5 1831 OCADA.3135_s_at DCAF5 1832 OC3P.12587.C1_s_at DCAF5 1833 OC3P.9318.C1_s_at DCAF5 1834 ADXUgly11_at DDR2 N/A OC3SNG.1306-60a_s_at DDR2 1835 OC3P.10616.C1_s_at DEF8 1836 OC3P.14941.C1_s_at DEF8 1837 OC3P.7775.C1_s_at DIS3L 1838 OC3SNGn.1174-202a_x_at DIS3L 1839 OC3P.8771.C1_s_at DLL1 1840 OCADNP.14063_s_at DSG2 1841 OC3P.2533.C1_s_at DSG2 1842 OC3P.2533.C1_x_at DSG2 1843 OC3P.13694.C1_s_at DSG2 1844 OCADNP.8516_s_at EFNB3 1845 OC3P.9384.C1_s_at EFNB3 1846 OCRS.1751_s_at EGFLAM 1847 OC3P.13255.C1_s_at EGFLAM 1848 OC3P.9989.C1_s_at EID2 1849 OCMXSNG.5461_s_at EIF2AK1 1850 OC3SNGnh.14331_x_at EIF2AK1 1851 OC3P.301.C1_s_at EIF2AK1 1852 OC3P.2826.C1_s_at EIF2AK1 1853 OC3P.2826.C1-632a_s_at EIF2AK1 1854 OC3P.12951.C1_s_at EIF4EBP1 1855 OCADNP.9346_s_at ENDOU 1856 OCADA.3164_x_at ERAP2 1857 OC3P.7237.C1_x_at ERAP2 1858 OC3SNGnh.2998_s_at ERAP2 1859 OCADNP.14937_s_at ERAP2 1860 OCADA.6354_s_at ERAP2 1861 OC3SNGnh.18545_at FAAH2 1862 OC3SNGnh.18545_x_at FAAH2 1863 OCMXSNG.4800_x_at FAAH2 1864 OC3SNGnh.14393_x_at FAAH2 1865 OC3SNGnh.13606_x_at FAAH2 1866 OC3SNGnh.14393_at FAAH2 1867 OC3SNG.6004-30a_s_at FAAH2 1868 OCADNP.15681_s_at FAM117B 1869 OC3SNGn.6969-10a_s_at FAM117B 1870 OC3SNGn.1670-24a_s_at FAM117B 1871 OC3SNGnh.15718_x_at FAM117B 1872 OCMX.2476.C1_s_at FAM117B 1873 OC3SNG.3088-16a_s_at FAM131B 1874 ADXGood101_at FAM134A N/A OC3SNG.1366-70a_s_at FAM134A 1875 OC3SNGnh.7940_s_at FAM134A 1876 OCADA.10797_s_at FAM134A 1877 OC3SNGnh.5052_s_at FAM134A 1878 OC3SNGn.7559-1580a_at FAM198B 1879 OC3P.6417.C1_s_at FAM198B 1880 OCRS2.4931_s_at FAM198B 1881 OCADA.10843_s_at FAM198B 1882 OCADA.5341_s_at FAM19A5 1883 OC3P.13915.C1_s_at FAM19A5 1884 OC3P.14112.C1_s_at FAM19A5 1885 OCADNP.960_s_at FAM201A 1886 OCADA.814_s_at FAM201A 1887 OC3SNGnh.2090_x_at FAM86A 1888 OC3P.2572.C4_s_at FAM86A 1889 OCRS2.951_x_at FAM86A 1890 OC3P.11005.C1_s_at FAT2 1891 OC3SNG.4266-25a_s_at FAT4 1892 OCHP.668_s_at FHL2 1893 OC3P.12166.C1_at FHL2 1894 OC3P.12762.C1_at FHL2 1895 OC3P.13087.C1 x_at FHL2 1896 OC3SNGnh.7102_at FHL2 1897 OC3P.6364.C1 x_at FHL2 1898 OC3P.13087.C1_at FHL2 1899 OC3SNGnh.9422_at FHL2 1900 OC3SNGnh.5485_s_at FHL2 1901 OC3SNGnh.5485_x_at FHL2 1902 OCADA.6796_s_at FIGN 1903 OC3P.15318.C1_at FIGN 1904 OCADA.6194_s_at FIGN 1905 OCADA.2860_s_at FIGN 1906 OCADNP.12019_s_at FIGN 1907 OC3P.15266.C1_x_at FIGN 1908 OCRS2.5152_s_at FJX1 1909 OC3P.6045.C1_s_at FJX1 1910 OC3P.553.C1_s_at FRMD8 1911 OC3P.6165.C1_s_at GABRE 1912 OC3SNGn.6359-34a_s_at GABRE 1913 OC3SNGn.6583-10627a_at GABRE 1914 OC3SNGn.6583-10627a_x_at GABRE 1915 OCMX.833.C13_s_at GABRE 1916 OC3P.13199.C1_s_at GALNT1 1917 OC3SNGnh.8607_x_at GALNT1 1918 OC3P.6817.C1_s_at GALNT1 1919 OCADNP.10124_s_at GALNT1 1920 OCADNP.12320_s_at GALNT1 1921 OCADA.4308_s_at GALNT1 1922 OC3SNG.1687-462a_s_at GALNT1 1923 OC3P.3730.C1-349a_s_at GBAP1 1924 OCADNP.16743_s_at GBAP1 1925 OCHP.1292_s_at GBAP1 1926 OCADNP.1974_s_at GBP1 1927 OCADNP.2962_s_at GBP1 1928 OCHP.1438_x_at GBP1 1929 OCRS2.4406_x_at GBP1 1930 OCADA.10565_s_at GBP1 1931 OC3P.1927.C1_x_at GBP1 1932 OCMX.605.C1_at GLRX 1933 OCHP.1436_s_at GLRX 1934 OCMX.605.C1_x_at GLRX 1935 OC3SNGnh.7530_at GLRX 1936 OCMX.606.C1_s_at GLRX 1937 OC3SNGnh.7530_x_at GLRX 1938 OCADNP.8335_s_at GLRX 1939 OCMX.606.C1_at GLRX 1940 OCRS2.6438_s_at GNAI1 1941 OC3P.1142.C1_s_at GNAI1 1942 ADXGood98_at GNAI1 N/A OC3P.12320.C1_s_at GNG11 1943 OC3P.9220.C1_s_at GOLGA2B 1944 OCRS2.11208_s_at GOLGA7 1945 OCRS2.8554_s_at GPR124 1946 OC3P.7680.C1-589a_s_at GPR124 1947 OC3P.7680.C1_at GPR124 1948 OCADA.10290_s_at GPR87 1949 OCRS2.11321_s_at HCG27 1950 OCADA.4167_s_at HDHD1 1951 OC3SNGnh.18826_at HDHD1 1952 OC3P.7901.C1_s_at HDHD1 1953 OC3P.10741.C1_s_at HECTD3 1954 OC3P.12375.C1_s_at HGSNAT 1955 OC3SNG.1222-16a_x_at HGSNAT 1956 OC3SNG.914-13a_s_at HGSNAT 1957 OC3SNGnh.10720_s_at HGSNAT 1958 OC3P.7601.C1_s_at HGSNAT 1959 OC3P.4729.C1_s_at HLA-DMB 1960 OCMX.15188.C1_s_at HLA-DMB 1961 OC3P.2028.C1_s_at HLA-DPA1 1962 ADXUglyB19_at HLA-DPA1 N/A OC3SNGn.2735-12a_s_at HLA-DPA1 1963 OCADNP.5108_s_at HOXB3 1964 OCEM.730_x_at HOXB3 1965 OCADNP.8237_s_at HOXB3 1966 OCEM.730_at HOXB3 1967 OCADA.7670_s_at HOXB3 1968 OC3P.10261.C1_s_at HOXB3 1969 OC3P.2857.C1_s_at HOXB3 1970 OC3SNG.3101-14a_s_at HRASLS 1971 OC3SNG.5718-34a_s_at HRASLS 1972 OCADA.10152_s_at HRASLS 1973 OC3SNG.4039-40a_s_at HSD17B14 1974 OC3SNG.813-28a_s_at HSD17B14 1975 OC3P.9612.C1_s_at HSPBP1 1976 OC3P.9612.C1_x_at HSPBP1 1977 OCHP.902_s_at HTRA1 1978 OCADNP.3740_s_at IGFBP7 1979 OCMX.11971.C1_s_at IGFBP7 1980 OC3SNGn.4133-3670a_x_at IGFBP7 1981 OC3SNGnh.5634_s_at IGFBP7 1982 OC3SNGn.5009-5456a_x_at IGFBP7 1983 ADXGoodB24_at IGFBP7 N/A OCADNP.3131_x_at IGFBP7 1984 OC3SNG.1653-16a_s_at IGFBP7 1985 OCADNP.4032_s_at IGFBP7 1986 OC3P.8137.C1_s_at IPO8 1987 OCADNP.7714_s_at IPO8 1988 OC3SNGnh.19520_s_at ITGA11 1989 OCADNP.587_s_at ITGA11 1990 OCMX.7412.C2_at IVNS1ABP 1991 OC3P.8210.C1-530a_s_at IVNS1ABP 1992 OC3P.9366.C1_at IVNS1ABP 1993 OC3P.8210.C1_s_at IVNS1ABP 1994 OC3SNGn.2064-1384a_s_at IVNS1ABP 1995 OCADNP.13995_s_at IVNS1ABP 1996 OCADNP.12825_s_at IVNS1ABP 1997 OC3P.1136.C1_s_at IVNS1ABP 1998 OC3P.15477.C1_s_at IVNS1ABP 1999 OCADNP.7979_s_at KCND2 2000 OCEM.617_s_at KCND2 2001 OCADA.9429_s_at KDM5A 2002 OC3SNGnh.17035_at KDM5A 2003 OCMX.12398.C1_x_at KDM5A 2004 OC3P.6882.C1_s_at KDM5A 2005 OC3SNGnh.17668_x_at KDM5A 2006 OCHP.1380_s_at KDM5A 2007 OC3P.12897.C1_s_at KDM5A 2008 OCADNP.2795_s_at KDM5A 2009 OC3SNGnh.17035_x_at KDM5A 2010 OCADA.4719_s_at KDM5A 2011 OC3SNG.5949-16a_s_at KHDRBS3 2012 OC3P.14132.C1_s_at KHDRBS3 2013 OC3SNGnh.13220_s_at KHDRBS3 2014 OCMX.4202.C1_at KHDRBS3 2015 OCMX.4202.C1_x_at KHDRBS3 2016 OC3SNGnh.12409_x_at KIAA1324 2017 ADXBad44_at KIAA1324 N/A OC3SNG.4404-2900a_x_at KIAA1324 2018 ADXStrongB45_at KIAA1324 N/A OCADNP.5286_s_at KIAA1324 2019 OCMX.11681.C1_at KIAA1324 2020 OCMX.11681.C1_x_at KIAA1324 2021 OC3SNGnh.4924_x_at KIAA1324 2022 OC3SNG.3368-36a_s_at KIAA1324 2023 ADXBad2_at KIAA1324 N/A OC3SNG.35-2898a_x_at KIAA1324 2024 OC3P.10299.C1_s_at KIAA1324 2025 OC3P.13885.C1_s_at KIF26A 2026 OCADNP.7032_s_at LATS2 2027 OCADA.9355_s_at LATS2 2028 OC3P.13211.C1_s_at LATS2 2029 OCADA.7506_s_at LATS2 2030 OCADA.3519_s_at LILRB1 2031 OCHP.1361_x_at LILRB1 2032 ADXBad33_at LILRB1 N/A ADXBad17_at LILRB1 N/A OCADA.10299_s_at LONRF3 2033 OC3P.11154.C1_s_at LONRF3 2034 OC3P.7629.C1_s_at LRRC47 2035 OC3SNGn.300-11a_s_at LYRM7 2036 OC3SNG.5278-785a_x_at LYRM7 2037 ADXGood103_at LYRM7 N/A OC3SNGnh.8177_x_at LYRM7 2038 OC3SNG.2044-750a_s_at LYRM7 2039 OC3P.13673.C1-400a_s_at MALL 2040 OC3P.13673.C1_x_at MALL 2041 OC3P.13673.C1_at MALL 2042 OCRS.1341_at MAPK1IP1L 2043 OC3P.4445.C1_s_at MAPK1IP1L 2044 OC3SNGnh.17002_x_at MAPK1IP1L 2045 OC3SNGn.2080-4885a_s_at MAPK1IP1L 2046 OCADA.2389_at MAPK1IP1L 2047 OC3P.4841.C1_s_at MAPK1IP1L 2048 OC3SNGnh.17002_at MAPK1IP1L 2049 OCRS.1341_x_at MAPK1IP1L 2050 OC3SNGnh.1561_s_at MAPK1IP1L 2051 OC3P.12193.C1_x_at MARCH9 2052 OCADA.3534_s_at MARCH9 2053 OC3SNGnh.2686_x_at MARCH9 2054 OC3P.12193.C1-488a_s_at MARCH9 2055 OC3P.12193.C1_at MARCH9 2056 OC3P.5073.C1_s_at MAT2B 2057 OC3P.5073.C1_x_at MAT2B 2058 ADXUgly23 at MDH1B N/A OCADA.5923_s_at MDH1B 2059 OCADNP.1018_s_at MDH1B 2060 OC3SNG.704-39a_x_at MED29 2061 OCEM.259_at MED29 2062 OC3P.3851.C1_x_at MED29 2063 OC3SNGnh.3422_s_at MIR1245 2064 OC3P.3938.C1_x_at MIR1825 2065 OCADA.4427_s_at MIR1825 2066 OCHP.983_s_at MMP13 2067 OCADA.3580_s_at MRVI1 2068 OC3P.1058.C1_s_at MRVI1 2069 OC3P.13126.C1_s_at MRVI1 2070 OCADNP.10237_s_at MRVI1 2071 OC3P.1608.C1_s_at MS4A8B 2072 OC3P.355.C6_x_at MT1L 2073 OC3SNG.429-358a_x_at MT1L 2074 OC3SNGn.7152-2a_s_at MT1L 2075 OCEM.2176_at MTM1 2076 OC3P.7705.C1_s_at MTM1 2077 OCADA.7806_x_at MTM1 2078 ADXGoodB73_at MYLIP N/A OC3P.7441.C2_s_at MYLIP 2079 OC3P.2046.C1_x_at MYLIP 2080 OCADA.2961_s_at MZT1 2081 OC3SNGnh.18633_x_at MZT1 2082 OC3P.12894.C1_s_at NCCRP1 2083 OC3SNGnh.4878_at NDUFAF4 2084 OC3SNGnh.4878_x_at NDUFAF4 2085 OC3P.14796.C1_x_at NDUFAF4 2086 OC3SNGnh.18072_x_at NDUFAF4 2087 ADXStrongB6_at NEU1 N/A OC3P.831.C1_x_at NEU1 2088 OCHP.1043_s_at NEU1 2089 OCADNP.2704_s_at NKD1 2090 OCADA.113_s_at NKD1 2091 OCMX.15105.C1_x_at NKD1 2092 OCMX.15105.C1_at NKD1 2093 OC3P.10474.C1_s_at NKD1 2094 OC3P.10474.C1-853a_s_at NKD1 2095 OCEM.1474_s_at NMNAT2 2096 OC3P.1757.C1_s_at NMNAT2 2097 OCADNP.104_s_at NMNAT2 2098 OCMXSNG.1881_x_at NMNAT2 2099 OC3P.289.C1-454a_s_at NMNAT2 2100 OCMXSNG.1881_at NMNAT2 2101 OC3P.289.C1_at NMNAT2 2102 OCRS.320_s_at NOX4 2103 OCADNP.14954_s_at NOX4 2104 OC3SNGnh.13560_at NTN4 2105 OC3SNGnh.6387_at NTN4 2106 OCADA.7765_s_at NTN4 2107 OC3SNGnh.16553_x_at NTN4 2108 OC3SNGnh.16553_at NTN4 2109 OC3SNGnh.6387_x_at NTN4 2110 OC3SNGnh.19123_x_at NTN4 2111 OC3P.6445.C1_s_at NTN4 2112 OC3P.8596.C1_s_at OGFOD2 2113 OC3P.14537.C1_s_at OGFOD2 2114 OC3SNG.846-19a_s_at OXNAD1 2115 OC3SNGnh.17867_s_at OXNAD1 2116 OCADNP.2469_s_at OXNAD1 2117 OC3P.14601.C1_s_at PARP9 2118 OC3SNGnh.18057_at PARP9 2119 OC3SNGnh.17896_x_at PARP9 2120 OC3P.1893.C1_s_at PARP9 2121 OCRS2.3088_s_at PCOLCE 2122 OC3P.5048.C1_s_at PCOLCE 2123 OCMXSNG.2345_s_at PCOLCE 2124 OC3P.5246.C1_s_at PKHD1L1 2125 OCRS2.2200_s_at PKHD1L1 2126 OC3SNGnh.1242_x_at PKHD1L1 2127 OCHP.105_s_at PKHD1L1 2128 OCADNP.15163_s_at PKHD1L1 2129 OCADNP.10209_s_at POLH 2130 OCADA.4349_s_at POLH 2131 OCADNP.8799_x_at POLH 2132 OC3SNGn.4978-918a_s_at POLH 2133 OCEM.1235_x_at POLH 2134 OCUTR.101_x_at PPA1 2135 OC3P.655.C1_s_at PPA1 2136 ADXUgly36_at PPP1R14A N/A OCHPRC.13_s_at PPP1R14A 2137 OC3P.1874.C1_s_at PPP1R3B 2138 OC3P.12058.C1_s_at PPP1R3B 2139 OC3SNGn.3329-2837a_s_at PPP1R3B 2140 OCADNP.11516_s_at PPTC7 2141 OCADNP.6056_s_at PPTC7 2142 OCRS.827_s_at PPTC7 2143 OC3SNG.5357-16a_s_at PQLC3 2144 OCADA.5737_s_at PQLC3 2145 OCADNP.3913_s_at PROSC 2146 OC3SNGnh.3612_x_at PROSC 2147 OC3P.10833.C1_x_at PROSC 2148 OC3P.4515.C1_s_at PROSC 2149 OC3SNGnh.3612_at PROSC 2150 OC3P.7265.C1_x_at PROSC 2151 ADXGood74_at PROSC N/A OC3P.13688.C1_s_at PRPS2 2152 OC3SNGnh.18818_x_at PRPS2 2153 OC3P.15485.C1_s_at PRR5L 2154 OC3SNG.1870-16a_at PRR5L 2155 OC3SNG.1870-16a_x_at PRR5L 2156 OCADNP.14409_s_at PRR5L 2157 OCADA.10221_s_at PRR5L 2158 OC3SNG.1753-12635a_s_at PRRT1 2159 OC3P.13346.C1_s_at PRRT1 2160 ADXStrongB43_at PRRT1 N/A OCADNP.3007_s_at PRRT1 2161 OC3P.10183.C1_s_at PTPN7 2162 OC3SNGn.7993-61a_s_at RAB25 2163 OC3P.9633.C1_s_at RANBP3 2164 OCMXSNG.2939_at RANBP3 2165 OCADA.9981_s_at RANBP3 2166 ADXUglyB26_at RANBP3 N/A OCADA.9572_s_at RANBP3 2167 OCADA.13086_s_at RANBP3 2168 OCADA.3307_s_at RASAL3 2169 OC3P.7431.C1_s_at RASSF2 2170 OC3SNGnh.16076_x_at RIOK3 2171 OC3P.11216.C1_s_at RIOK3 2172 OC3SNGnh.11220_x_at RIOK3 2173 OC3SNGnh.7191_x_at RIOK3 2174 OCADNP.4969_s_at RIOK3 2175 OCADNP.11029_s_at RORA 2176 OCADNP.14736_s_at RORA 2177 OC3SNGnh.15902_at RORA 2178 OC3SNGnh.5170_x_at RORA 2179 OC3SNGnh.5170_at RORA 2180 OCADA.4803_s_at RORA 2181 OC3SNGn.5422-69a_s_at RORA 2182 OC3SNGnh.7784_s_at RORA 2183 OCEM.154_x_at RORA 2184 OC3SNGnh.8046_x_at RORA 2185 OC3SNGnh.14507_x_at RORA 2186 ADXStrong3_at RORA N/A OCADNP.10800_s_at RORA 2187 OCADNP.12239_s_at RORA 2188 ADXStrongB80_at RORA N/A OC3SNGnh.15902_x_at RORA 2189 OCADA.5291_s_at RORA 2190 OC3SNG.1661-145a_s_at RORA 2191 ADXStrong13_at RORA N/A ADXStrong9_at RORA N/A OC3SNGnh.14507_at RORA 2192 OC3P.14007.C1_s_at RORA 2193 OC3P.14007.C1_x_at RORA 2194 OC3SNGnh.5392_at RORA 2195 OCADNP.13199_s_at RORA 2196 ADXStrong7_at RORA N/A OC3SNGnh.13160_s_at RORA 2197 OC3P.7464.C1_x_at RORA 2198 ADXStrongB91_at RORA N/A ADXStrongB78_at RORA N/A OC3P.7464.C1_at RORA 2199 OC3SNGnh.12483_s_at RORA 2200 OC3SNGnh.5392_x_at RORA 2201 OC3P.13801.C1_s_at SCEL 2202 OC3P.13801.C1-478a_s_at SCEL 2203 OCADA.9767_s_at SCEL 2204 OCADNP.605_s_at SCEL 2205 OC3P.8365.C1_s_at SCN3B 2206 OCHP.963_s_at SERPINA5 2207 OC3SNG.617-604a_s_at SIPA1L2 2208 OCADNP.1208_s_at SIPA1L2 2209 ADXGoodB32_at SIPA1L2 N/A OCADNP.12385_s_at SIPA1L2 2210 OC3P.2917.C1_s_at SIPA1L2 2211 OC3SNGnh.19852_s_at SLC25A20 2212 OCADNP.7055_at SLC25A45 2213 OCADA.8596_s_at SLC26A10 2214 OCRS2.621_at SLC26A10 2215 OCRS2.621_s_at SLC26A10 2216 OCRS2.621_x_at SLC26A10 2217 OC3P.1533.C1_at SLC35A1 2218 OCADNP.652_s_at SLC44A4 2219 OCHP.204_x_t SLC44A4 2220 OCADNP.9262_s_at SLC44A4 2221 OC3P.11858.C1_x_at SLC44A4 2222 OCRS2.7902_at SNORD119 2223 OC3SNGn.172-18a_s_at SP100 2224 OC3P.14515.C1_s_at SP100 2225 OC3SNGn.6055-155a_s_at SP100 2226 OC3SNGnh.14536_x_at SP100 2227 OCADA.5491_s_at SP100 2228 OC3SNGn.7002-818a_x_at SP100 2229 OCADA.10095_s_at SP100 2230 OC3P.8666.C1_s_at SP140L 2231 OCADA.2122_at SP140L 2232 OCADA.2122_s_at SP140L 2233 OCADA.2122_x_at SP140L 2234 OCADNP.5031_s_at SPG20 2235 OC3SNGn.3066-1400a_s_at SPG20 2236 OC3P.5330.C1_s_at SPG20 2237 OCEM.1114_s_at SPG20 2238 OCADA.5138_s_at SPG20 2239 OC3SNGnh.16216_x_at SRPK1 2240 OCHP.676_s_at SRPK1 2241 OC3SNGnh.9486_x_at SRPK1 2242 OC3SNGnh.1744_at ST6GAL1 2243 OC3SNGnh.155_x_at ST6GAL1 2244 OCADNP.4027_s_at ST6GAL1 2245 OC3P.167.C1_s_at ST6GAL1 2246 OC3SNGnh.155_at ST6GAL1 2247 OCADNP.277_s_at SYN1 2248 OC3SNGn.6047-5a_s_at SYN1 2249 OCMX.3057.C3_at SYN1 2250 OC3P.7484.C1_s_at SYT13 2251 OCADNP.2470_s_at SYTL4 2252 OC3SNGnh.16147_x_at SYTL4 2253 OCADA.1925_x_at SYTL4 2254 OC3P.12165.C1_s_at SYTL4 2255 OCADA.2118_s_at TATDN2 2256 ADXStrong16_at TATDN2 N/A OC3SNGn.769-1666a_s_at TATDN2 2257 OCHP.1166_s_at TATDN2 2258 OCRS2.1456_at TBC1D26 2259 OCRS2.1456_s_at TBC1D26 2260 OC3SNG.5377-16a_s_at TBC1D26 2261 OCADA.3459_s_at TBX3 2262 OCADNP.14673_s_at TBX3 2263 OC3P.6538.C1_s_at TBX3 2264 OCADNP.8834_s_at TBX3 2265 OCHP.649_s_at TBX3 2266 OCADA.4438_s_at TCF4 2267 OC3P.4112.C1_s_at TCF4 2268 OCHP.1876_s_at TCF4 2269 OCADA.7185_s_at TCF4 2270 OC3SNGnh.10608_s_at TCF4 2271 OC3SNGnh.4569_x_at TCF4 2272 OCADA.8009_s_at TCF4 2273 OCADNP.14530_s_at TCF4 2274 OC3SNG.2691-3954a_s_at TCF4 2275 OC3SNGnh.10608_x_at TCF4 2276 OC3P.3507.C1_s_at TCF4 2277 OC3SNG.359-662a_s_at THY1 2278 OC3P.2790.C1_s_at THY1 2279 OCHP.607_s_at THY1 2280 OCADA.9719_s_at TLR3 2281 OCADNP.2642_s_at TMEM169 2282 OC3P.3724.C2-437a_s_at TMEM173 2283 OC3P.3724.C2_s_at TMEM173 2284 OC3P.6478.C1_s_at TMEM200A 2285 OC3P.6478.C1-363a_s_at TMEM200A 2286 OCRS2.11454_s_at TMEM200B 2287 OCADA.3157_s_at TMEM200B 2288 OC3SNGnh.913_s_at TMEM222 2289 ADXGood11_at TMEM222 N/A OC3P.2550.C1_s_at TMEM222 2290 OC3P.14967.C1_x_at TMEM222 2291 OC3P.4586.C1_s_at TMEM30B 2292 OCADNP.15931_s_at TMEM30B 2293 OCRS.1335_s_at TMEM30B 2294 OC3P.6263.C1_s_at TMEM55B 2295 OC3SNGnh.7925_s_at TMEM56 2296 OCRS2.9192_s_at TMEM56 2297 OCADNP.12494_s_at TMEM56 2298 OC3P.12427.C1_s_at TMEM62 2299 OC3P.13714.C1_s_at TMEM87B 2300 OC3SNGnh.4981_at TMEM87B 2301 OC3P.2037.C1-520a_s_at TMEM87B 2302 OC3SNGnh.4981_x_at TMEM87B 2303 OCRS.923_s_at TMEM87B 2304 OCADA.6525_s_at TMEM87B 2305 OC3P.2037.C1_s_at TMEM87B 2306 OC3SNGn.4429-110a_x_at TMOD4 2307 OC3SNGn.395-1a_s_at TMOD4 2308 OC3SNGn.4429-110a_at TMOD4 2309 OC3SNGn.7784-157a_x_at TMOD4 2310 OC3SNGn.682-1836a_s_at TNKS2 2311 OC3P.5143.C1_s_at TNKS2 2312 OCADA.8373_s_at TNKS2 2313 OC3SNGn.1587-1a_s_at TNNI2 2314 OC3SNG.5440-21a_s_at TNNI2 2315 OC3SNGnh.12737_x_at TRRAP 2316 OC3SNGnh.334_s_at TRRAP 2317 OC3SNGnh.12737_at TRRAP 2318 OCADNP.4013_s_at TRRAP 2319 OC3SNGnh.334_at TRRAP 2320 OCHP.1454_s_at TRRAP 2321 OC3SNG.6204-21a_s_at TSPAN8 2322 OCHPRC.1350_at TSPAN8 2323 OC3SNGn.2801-166a_s_at TWIST1 2324 OCRS2.11542_s_at TWIST1 2325 OC3SNGnh.13363_s_at TXK 2326 OC3SNGnh.17188_at TXK 2327 OC3SNGnh.17188_x_at TXK 2328 OCEM.1963_at TXK 2329 OCADNP.7909_s_at TXK 2330 OC3P.72.C6_x_at TXK 2331 OC3SNGnh.9832_x_at TXK 2332 OCADA.11004_s_at UPK2 2333 OC3SNGnh.91_s_at UST 2334 OC3SNGn.350-2795a_s_at UST 2335 ADXStrongB3_at UST N/A OC3SNGnh.6725_x_at UST 2336 OC3P.12648.C1_s_at UST 2337 OC3SNGnh.17987_at WBSCR17 2338 OC3P.9629.C1_at WBSCR17 2339 OC3P.9629.C1_x_at WBSCR17 2340 OC3SNGnh.17288_x_at WBSCR17 2341 OC3SNGnh.14607_x_at WBSCR17 2342 OC3SNGnh.16415_x_at WBSCR17 2343 OCADA.2335_s_at WBSCR17 2344 OCADNP.4201_s_at WBSCR17 2345 OC3SNG.441-49a_s_at WBSCR17 2346 OCADA.7193_s_at WBSCR17 2347 OCADA.12324_s_at WBSCR17 2348 OC3SNGnh.14607_at WBSCR17 2349 OCADA.1886_s_at ZNF426 2350 OCADA.10995_x_at ZNF426 2351 OC3SNGnh.10916_x_at ZNF426 2352 OC3SNGnh.16594_x_at ZNF532 2353 OC3SNGnh.16594_at ZNF532 2354 OC3SNGn.321-1659a_s_at ZNF532 2355 OC3SNGn.5828-8a_x_at ZNF532 2356 OC3SNGnh.13417_x_at ZNF532 2357 OC3P.6619.C1_s_at ZNF532 2358 OC3P.12402.C1_s_at ZNF532 2359 OC3SNGnh.2646_x_at ZNF720 2360 OC3SNGnh.17078_s_at ZNF720 2361 OCADA.6654_s_at ZNF720 2362 OC3SNGn.8203-1695a_s_at ZNF720 2363 OC3SNGn.8204-2035a_s_at ZNF720 2364 OC3SNGnh.14440_s_at ZNF818P 2365

The method may comprise measuring the expression levels of at least one of MTL1, GABRE, KCND2, UPK2, HLA-DPA1, SYTL4, SCEL, MZT1, EFNB3, and DLL1. In specific embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of MTL1, GABRE, KCND2, UPK2, HLA-DPA1, SYTL4, SCEL, MZT1, EFNB3, and DLL1. In further embodiments the method comprises measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers listed in Table L.

Methods for determining the expression levels of the biomarkers are described in greater detail herein. Typically, the methods may involve contacting a sample obtained from a subject with a detection agent, such as primers/probes/antibodies (as discussed in detail herein) specific for the biomarker and detecting expression products.

According to all aspects of the invention the expression level of the gene or genes may be measured by any suitable method. Genes may also be referred to, interchangeably, as biomarkers. In certain embodiments the expression level is determined at the level of protein, RNA or epigenetic modification. The epigenetic modification may be DNA methylation.

The expression level may be determined by immunohistochemistry. By Immunohistochemistry is meant the detection of proteins in cells of a tissue sample by using a binding reagent such as an antibody or aptamer that binds specifically to the proteins.

Accordingly, in a further aspect, the present invention relates to an antibody or aptamer that binds specifically to a protein product of at least one of the biomarkers listed herein.

The antibody may be of monoclonal or polyclonal origin. Fragments and derivative antibodies may also be utilised, to include without limitation Fab fragments, ScFv, single domain antibodies, nanoantibodies, heavy chain antibodies, aptamers etc. which retain peptide-specific binding function and these are included in the definition of “antibody”. Such antibodies are useful in the methods of the invention. They may be used to measure the level of a particular protein, or in some instances one or more specific isoforms of a protein. The skilled person is well able to identify epitopes that permit specific isoforms to be discriminated from one another.

Methods for generating specific antibodies are known to those skilled in the art. Antibodies may be of human or non-human origin (e.g. rodent, such as rat or mouse) and be humanized etc. according to known techniques (Jones et al., Nature (1986) May 29-Jun. 4; 321(6069):522-5; Roguska et al., Protein Engineering, 1996, 9(10):895-904; and Studnicka et al., Humanizing Mouse Antibody Frameworks While Preserving 3-D Structure. Protein Engineering, 1994, Vol. 7, pg 805).

In certain embodiments the expression level is determined using an antibody or aptamer conjugated to a label. By label is meant a component that permits detection, directly or indirectly. For example, the label may be an enzyme, optionally a peroxidase, or a fluorophore.

Where the antibody is conjugated to an enzyme a chemical composition may be used such that the enzyme catalyses a chemical reaction to produce a detectable product. The products of reactions catalyzed by appropriate enzymes can be, without limitation, fluorescent, luminescent, or radioactive or they may absorb visible or ultraviolet light. Examples of detectors suitable for detecting such detectable labels include, without limitation, x-ray film, radioactivity counters, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, colorimeters, fluorometers, luminometers, and densitometers. In certain embodiments a secondary antibody is used and the expression level is then determined using an unlabeled primary antibody that binds to the target protein and a secondary antibody conjugated to a label, wherein the secondary antibody binds to the primary antibody.

Additional techniques for determining expression level at the level of protein include, for example, Westem blot, immunoprecipitation, immunocytochemistry, mass spectrometry, ELISA and others (see ImmunoAssay: A Practical Guide, edited by Brian Law, published by Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 2005 edition). To improve specificity and sensitivity of an assay method based on immunoreactivity, monoclonal antibodies are often used because of their specific epitope recognition. Polyclonal antibodies have also been successfully used in various immunoassays because of their increased affinity for the target as compared to monoclonal antibodies.

Measuring mRNA in a biological sample may be used as a surrogate for detection of the level of the corresponding protein in the biological sample. Thus, the expression level of any of the genes described herein can also be detected by detecting the appropriate RNA.

Accordingly, in specific embodiments the expression level is determined by microarray, northern blotting, or nucleic acid amplification. Nucleic acid amplification includes PCR and all variants thereof such as real-time and end point methods and qPCR. Typically, PCR includes of a series of 20-40 repeated temperature changes (cycles) with each cycle generally including 2-3 discrete temperature steps for denaturation, annealing and elongation. The cycling is often preceded by a single temperature step (called hold) at a high temperature (>90° C.), and followed by one hold at the end for final product extension or brief storage. The temperatures used and the length of time they are applied in each cycle vary based on a variety of parameters, including the enzyme used for DNA synthesis, the concentration dNTPs in the reaction, and the melting temperature (Tm) of the primers. For DNA polymerases that require heat activation the first step is heating the reaction to a temperature of 94-98° C. for 1-9 minutes. Then the reaction is heated to 94-98° C. for 20-30 seconds, which produces single-stranded DNA molecules. Next the reaction temperature is lowered to 50-65° C. for 20-40 seconds allowing annealing of the primers to the single-stranded DNA template. Typically the annealing temperature is about 3-5° C. below the Tm of the primers used. The temperature of the elongation step depends on the DNA polymerase used e.g. Taq polymerase has its optimum activity temperature at 75-80° C. At this step the DNA polymerase synthesizes a new DNA strand complementary to the DNA template strand by adding dNTPs that are complementary to the template. The extension time depends both on the DNA polymerase used and on the length of the DNA fragment to be amplified—a thousand bases per minute is usual. A final elongation may be performed at a temperature of 70-74° C. for 5-15 minutes after the last PCR cycle to ensure that any remaining single-stranded DNA is fully extended. A final hold at 4-15° C. for an indefinite time may be employed for short-term storage of the reaction. Other nucleic acid amplification techniques are well known in the art, and include methods such as NASBA, 3SR and Transcription Mediated Amplification (TMA). Other suitable amplification methods include the ligase chain reaction (LCR), selective amplification of target polynucleotide sequences (U.S. Pat. No. 6,410,276), consensus sequence primed polymerase chain reaction (U.S. Pat. No. 4,437,975), arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (WO 90/06995), invader technology, strand displacement technology, and nick displacement amplification (WO 2004/067726). This list is not intended to be exhaustive; any nucleic acid amplification technique may be used provided the appropriate nucleic acid product is specifically amplified. Design of suitable primers and/or probes is within the capability of one skilled in the art. Various primer design tools are freely available to assist in this process such as the NCBI Primer-BLAST tool. Primers and/or probes may be at least 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25 (or more) nucleotides in length. mRNA expression levels may be measured by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR followed with qPCR). RT-PCR is used to create a cDNA from the mRNA. The cDNA may be used in a qPCR assay to produce fluorescence as the DNA amplification process progresses. By comparison to a standard curve, qPCR can produce an absolute measurement such as number of copies of mRNA per cell. Northern blots, microarrays, Invader assays, and RT-PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis have all been used to measure expression levels of mRNA in a sample. See Gene Expression Profiling: Methods and Protocols, Richard A. Shimkets, editor, Humana Press, 2004.

RNA expression may be determined by hybridization of RNA to a set of probes. The probes may be arranged in an array. Microarray platforms include those manufactured by companies such as Affymetrix, Illumina and Agilent. Examples of microarray platforms manufactured by Affymetrix include the U133 Plus2 array, the Almac proprietary Xcel™ array and the Almac proprietary Cancer DSAs®, including the Ovarian Cancer DSA®. In specific embodiments a sample of target nucleic acids is first prepared from the initial nucleic acid sample being assayed, where preparation may include labeling of the target nucleic acids with a label, e.g., a member of a signal producing system. Following target nucleic acid sample preparation, the sample is contacted with the array under hybridization conditions, whereby complexes are formed between target nucleic acids that are complementary to probe sequences attached to the array surface. The presence of hybridized complexes is then detected, either qualitatively or quantitatively. Specific hybridization technology which may be practiced to generate the expression profiles employed in the subject methods includes the technology described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,143,854; 5,288,644; 5,324,633; 5,432,049; 5,470,710; 5,492,806; 5,503,980; 5,510,270; 5,525,464; 5,547,839; 5,580,732; 5,661,028; 5,800,992; the disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference; as well as WO 95/21265; WO 96/31622; WO 97/10365; WO 97/27317; EP 373 203; and EP 785 280. In these methods, an array of “probe” nucleic acids that includes a probe for each of the biomarkers whose expression is being assayed is contacted with target nucleic acids as described above. Contact is carried out under hybridization conditions, e.g., stringent hybridization conditions as described above, and unbound nucleic acid is then removed. The resultant pattern of hybridized nucleic acids provides information regarding expression for each of the biomarkers that have been probed, where the expression information is in terms of whether or not the gene is expressed and, typically, at what level, where the expression data, i.e., expression profile, may be both qualitative and quantitative.

The methods described herein may further comprise extracting total nucleic acid or RNA from the sample. Suitable methods are known in the art and include use of commercially available kits such as RNeasy and GeneJET RNA purification kit.

The invention also relates to a system or device for performing a method as described herein.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to a system or test kit for performing a method as described herein, comprising:

-   -   a) one or more testing devices for determining the expression         level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,         wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at         least one of the biomarkers is from Table B or at least two         biomarkers in a sample from the subject     -   b) a processor; and     -   c) storage medium comprising a computer application that, when         executed by the processor, is configured to:         -   (i) access and/or calculate the determined expression levels             of the at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject,             wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and             at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B or the at             least two biomarkers in the sample on the one or more             testing devices         -   (ii) calculate whether there is an increased or decreased             level of the biomarkersin the sample; and         -   (iii) output from the processor the selection of whether to             administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject             having a cancer and/or a prediction of the responsiveness of             a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic             agent and/or the clinical prognosis of a subject with             cancer.

By testing device is meant a combination of components that allows the expression level of a gene to be determined. The components may include any of those described above with respect to the methods for determining expression level at the level of protein, RNA or epigenetic modification. For example the components may be antibodies, primers, detection agents and so on. Components may also include one or more of the following: microscopes, microscope slides, x-ray film, radioactivity counters, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, colorimeters, fluorometers, luminometers, and densitometers.

In certain embodiments the system or test kit further comprises a display for the output from the processor.

The invention also relates to a computer application or storage medium comprising a computer application as defined above.

In certain example embodiments, provided is a computer-implemented method, system, and a computer program product for selection of whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject having a cancer and/or prediction of the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent and/or determining the clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer, in accordance with the methods described herein. For example, the computer program product may comprise a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-readable program instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to select whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject having a cancer and/or a predict the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent and/or determine the clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer as described herein. For example, the computer executable instructions may cause the computer to:

(i) access and/or calculate the determined expression levels of the at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B or the at least two biomarkers in a sample on one or more testing devices;

(ii) calculate whether there is an increased or decreased level of the at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B or the at least two biomarkers in the sample; and,

(iii) provide an output regarding the selection of whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject having a cancer and/or a prediction of the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent and/or the clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer.

In certain example embodiments, the computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product may be embodied in a computer application, for example, that operates and executes on a computing machine and a module. When executed, the application may select whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject having a cancer and/or a predict the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent and/or determine the clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer, in accordance with the example embodiments described herein.

As used herein, the computing machine may correspond to any computers, servers, embedded systems, or computing systems. The module may comprise one or more hardware or software elements configured to facilitate the computing machine in performing the various methods and processing functions presented herein. The computing machine may include various internal or attached components such as a processor, system bus, system memory, storage media, input/output interface, and a network interface for communicating with a network, for example.

The computing machine may be implemented as a conventional computer system, an embedded controller, a laptop, a server, a customized machine, any other hardware platform, such as a laboratory computer or device, for example, or any combination thereof. The computing machine may be a distributed system configured to function using multiple computing machines interconnected via a data network or bus system, for example.

The processor may be configured to execute code or instructions to perform the operations and functionality described herein, manage request flow and address mappings, and to perform calculations and generate commands. The processor may be configured to monitor and control the operation of the components in the computing machine. The processor may be a general purpose processor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, a reconfigurable processor, a microcontroller, a digital signal processor (“DSP”), an application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”), a graphics processing unit (“GPU”), a field programmable gate array (“FPGA”), a programmable logic device (“PLD”), a controller, a state machine, gated logic, discrete hardware components, any other processing unit, or any combination or multiplicity thereof. The processor may be a single processing unit, multiple processing units, a single processing core, multiple processing cores, special purpose processing cores, co-processors, or any combination thereof. According to certain example embodiments, the processor, along with other components of the computing machine, may be a virtualized computing machine executing within one or more other computing machines.

The system memory may include non-volatile memories such as read-only memory (“ROM”), programmable read-only memory (“PROM”), erasable programmable read-only memory (“EPROM”), flash memory, or any other device capable of storing program instructions or data with or without applied power. The system memory may also include volatile memories such as random access memory (“RAM”), static random access memory (“SRAM”), dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”), and synchronous dynamic random access memory (“SDRAM”). Other types of RAM also may be used to implement the system memory. The system memory may be implemented using a single memory module or multiple memory modules. While the system memory may be part of the computing machine, one skilled in the art will recognize that the system memory may be separate from the computing machine without departing from the scope of the subject technology. It should also be appreciated that the system memory may include, or operate in conjunction with, a non-volatile storage device such as the storage media.

The storage media may include a hard disk, a floppy disk, a compact disc read only memory (“CD-ROM”), a digital versatile disc (“DVD”), a Blu-ray disc, a magnetic tape, a flash memory, other non-volatile memory device, a solid state drive (“SSD”), any magnetic storage device, any optical storage device, any electrical storage device, any semiconductor storage device, any physical-based storage device, any other data storage device, or any combination or multiplicity thereof. The storage media may store one or more operating systems, application programs and program modules such as module, data, or any other information. The storage media may be part of, or connected to, the computing machine. The storage media may also be part of one or more other computing machines that are in communication with the computing machine, such as servers, database servers, cloud storage, network attached storage, and so forth.

The module may comprise one or more hardware or software elements configured to facilitate the computing machine with performing the various methods and processing functions presented herein. The module may include one or more sequences of instructions stored as software or firmware in association with the system memory, the storage media, or both. The storage media may therefore represent examples of machine or computer readable media on which instructions or code may be stored for execution by the processor. Machine or computer readable media may generally refer to any medium or media used to provide instructions to the processor. Such machine or computer readable media associated with the module may comprise a computer software product. It should be appreciated that a computer software product comprising the module may also be associated with one or more processes or methods for delivering the module to the computing machine via a network, any signal-bearing medium, or any other communication or delivery technology. The module may also comprise hardware circuits or information for configuring hardware circuits such as microcode or configuration information for an FPGA or other PLD.

The input/output (“I/O”) interface may be configured to couple to one or more external devices, to receive data from the one or more external devices, and to send data to the one or more external devices. Such external devices along with the various internal devices may also be known as peripheral devices. The I/O interface may include both electrical and physical connections for operably coupling the various peripheral devices to the computing machine or the processor. The I/O interface may be configured to communicate data, addresses, and control signals between the peripheral devices, the computing machine, or the processor. The I/O interface may be configured to implement any standard interface, such as small computer system interface (“SCSI”), serial-attached SCSI (“SAS”), fiber channel, peripheral component interconnect (“PCI”), PCI express (PCIe), serial bus, parallel bus, advanced technology attached (“ATA”), serial ATA (“SATA”), universal serial bus (“USB”), Thunderbolt, FireWire, various video buses, and the like. The I/O interface may be configured to implement only one interface or bus technology.

Alternatively, the I/O interface may be configured to implement multiple interfaces or bus technologies. The I/O interface may be configured as part of, all of, or to operate in conjunction with, the system bus. The I/O interface may include one or more buffers for buffering transmissions between one or more external devices, internal devices, the computing machine, or the processor.

The I/O interface may couple the computing machine to various input devices including mice, touch-screens, scanners, electronic digitizers, sensors, receivers, touchpads, trackballs, cameras, microphones, keyboards, any other pointing devices, or any combinations thereof. The I/O interface may couple the computing machine to various output devices including video displays, speakers, printers, projectors, tactile feedback devices, automation control, robotic components, actuators, motors, fans, solenoids, valves, pumps, transmitters, signal emitters, lights, and so forth.

The computing machine may operate in a networked environment using logical connections through the network interface to one or more other systems or computing machines across the network. The network may include wide area networks (WAN), local area networks (LAN), intranets, the Internet, wireless access networks, wired networks, mobile networks, telephone networks, optical networks, or combinations thereof. The network may be packet switched, circuit switched, of any topology, and may use any communication protocol.

Communication links within the network may involve various digital or an analog communication media such as fiber optic cables, free-space optics, waveguides, electrical conductors, wireless links, antennas, radio-frequency communications, and so forth. The processor may be connected to the other elements of the computing machine or the various peripherals discussed herein through the system bus. It should be appreciated that the system bus may be within the processor, outside the processor, or both. According to some embodiments, any of the processor, the other elements of the computing machine, or the various peripherals discussed herein may be integrated into a single device such as a system on chip (“SOC”), system on package (“SOP”), or ASIC device.

Embodiments may comprise a computer program that embodies the functions described and illustrated herein, wherein the computer program is implemented in a computer system that comprises instructions stored in a machine-readable medium and a processor that executes the instructions. However, it should be apparent that there could be many different ways of implementing embodiments in computer programming, and the embodiments should not be construed as limited to any one set of computer program instructions. Further, a skilled programmer would be able to write such a computer program to implement one or more of the disclosed embodiments described herein. Therefore, disclosure of a particular set of program code instructions is not considered necessary for an adequate understanding of how to make and use embodiments. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more aspects of embodiments described herein may be performed by hardware, software, or a combination thereof, as may be embodied in one or more computing systems. Moreover, any reference to an act being performed by a computer should not be construed as being performed by a single computer as more than one computer may perform the act.

The example embodiments described herein can be used with computer hardware and software that perform the methods and processing functions described previously. The systems, methods, and procedures described herein can be embodied in a programmable computer, computer-executable software, or digital circuitry. The software can be stored on computer-readable media. For example, computer-readable media can include a floppy disk, RAM, ROM, hard disk, removable media, flash memory, memory stick, optical media, magneto-optical media, CD-ROM, etc. Digital circuitry can include integrated circuits, gate arrays, building block logic, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), etc.

Reagents, tools, and/or instructions for performing the methods described herein can be provided in a kit. Such a kit can include reagents for collecting a tissue sample from a patient, such as by biopsy, and reagents for processing the tissue. The kit can also include one or more reagents for performing a expression level analysis, such as reagents for performing nucleic acid amplification, including RT-PCR and qPCR, NGS, northern blot, proteomic analysis, or immunohistochemistry to determine expression levels of biomarkers in a sample of a patient. For example, primers for performing RT-PCR, probes for performing northern blot analyses, and/or antibodies or aptamers, as discussed herein, for performing proteomic analysis such as Westem blot, immunohistochemistry and ELISA analyses can be included in such kits. Appropriate buffers for the assays can also be included. Detection reagents required for any of these assays can also be included. The kits may be array or PCR based kits for example and may include additional reagents, such as a polymerase and/or dNTPs for example. The kits featured herein can also include an instruction sheet describing how to perform the assays for measuring expression levels.

The kit may include one or more primer pairs complementary to at least one of the biomarkers described herein.

Informational material included in the kits can be descriptive, instructional, marketing or other material that relates to the methods described herein and/or the use of the reagents for the methods described herein. For example, the informational material of the kit can contain contact information, e.g., a physical address, email address, website, or telephone number, where a user of the kit can obtain substantive information about performing a gene expression analysis and interpreting the results.

The inventors have found that a range of signatures can point to the sub-type and can be identified using the teaching herein.

Accordingly, the invention also relates to a method of deriving a panel of at least 2 biomarkers, wherein the expression level(s) of the at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from a subject with a cancer allows the cancer to be allocated to a sub-type

(optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B

said method comprising the steps of:

sorting samples from a sample set of known pathology and/or clinical outcome on the basis of allocation to the sub-type

obtaining the expression profiles of the samples

analysing the expression profiles from the sample set using a mathematical model identifying from the results of the mathematical model one or more biomarkers expressed in the sample set that are most predictive of the cancer sub-type.

In certain embodiments the mathematical model is a parametric, non-parametric or semi-parametric model. In specific embodiments the mathematical model is Partial Least Squares (PLS), Shrinkage Discriminate Analysis (SDA), or Diagonal SDA (DSDA). Identifying from the results of the mathematical model one or more biomarkers expressed in the sample set that are most predictive of the cancer sub-type may comprise identifying one or more biomarkers for which area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) and/or Concordance Index (C-Index) are significant.

In certain embodiments the panel is derived by obtaining the expression profiles of samples from a sample set of known pathology and/or clinical outcome. The samples may originate from the same sample tissue type or different tissue types. As used herein an “expression profile” comprises a set of values representing the expression level for each biomarker analyzed from a given sample.

The expression profiles from the sample set are then analyzed using a mathematical model. Different mathematical models may be applied and include, but are not limited to, models from the fields of pattern recognition (Duda et al. Pattern Classification, 2^(nd) ed., John Wiley, New York 2001), machine learning (Schölkopf et al. Learning with Kernels, MIT Press, Cambridge 2002, Bishop, Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995), statistics (Hastie et al. The Elements of Statistical Learning, Springer, New York 2001), bioinformatics (Dudoit et al., 2002, J. Am. Statist. Assoc. 97:77-87, Tibshirani et al., 2002, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:6567-6572) or chemometrics (Vandeginste, et al., Handbook of Chemometrics and Qualimetrics, Part B, Elsevier, Amsterdam 1998). The mathematical model identifies one or more biomarkers expressed in the sample set that are most predictive of the cancer sub-type. These one or more biomarkers define a panel or an expression signature. In certain example embodiments, the mathematical model defines a variable, such as a weight, for each identified biomarker. In certain example embodiments, the mathematical model defines a decision function. The decision function may further define a threshold score which separates the sample set into two classes such as, but not limited to, samples where the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type and samples where the cancer does not belong to the sub-type. In one example embodiment, the decision function and panel or expression signature are defined using a linear classifier.

The overall expression data for a given sample may be normalized using methods known to those skilled in the art in order to correct for differing amounts of starting material, varying efficiencies of the extraction and amplification reactions.

In certain example embodiments, biomarkers useful for distinguishing between cancer subtypes can be determined by identifying biomarkers exhibiting the highest degree of variability between samples in the patient data set as determined using the expression detection methods and patient sample sets discussed above. Standard statistical methods known in the art for identifying highly variable data points in expression data may be used to identify the highly variable biomarkers. For example, a combined background and variance filter to the patient data set. The background filter is based on the selection of probe sets with expression E and expression variance var_(E) above the thresholds defined by background standard deviation σBg (from the Expression Console software) and quantile of the standard normal distribution z_(α) at a specified significance a probe sets were kept if:

E>log₂((z _(a)σ_(Bg))); log₂((var _(E))>2[log₂(σ_(Bg))−E−log₂(log(2))]

where a defines a significance threshold. In certain example embodiment, the significance threshold is 6.3·10⁻⁵. In another example embodiment, the significance threshold may be between 1.0·10⁻⁷ to 1.0·10⁻³.

In certain example embodiments, the highly variable biomarkers may be further analyzed to group samples in the patient data set into subtypes or clusters based on similar gene expression profiles. For examples, biomarkers may be clustered based on how highly correlated the up-regulation or down-regulation of their expression is to one another. Different clustering analysis techniques may be applied to gene expression data and include, but are not limited to hierarchical clustering, inclusive of agglomerative and divisive methods (Eisen et al., 1998, PNAS 25:14863-14868), k-mean family clustering, inclusive of hard and fuzzy methods (Tavazoie et al., 1999, Nat Genet, 22281-285; Gasch and Eisen, 2002, Genome Biology 3: RESEARCH0059), self-organizing maps (SOM) (Tamayo et al., 1999, PNAS 96:2907-2912), methods based on graph theory (Sharan and Shamir, 2000, Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol., 8:307-16), biclustering methods (Tanay et al., 2002, Bioinformatics 18: Suppl 1:S136-44), and ensemble methods (Dudoit et al. 2003, Bioinformatics, 19:1090-9). In one example embodiment, hierarchical agglomerative clustering is used to identify the cancer subtypes.

During clustering, determination of the similarity of features (sample, gene) requires the specification of a similarity matrix and methods used to calculate the similarity include, but are not limited to Euclidean distance, maximum distance, Manhattan distance, Minkowski distance, Canberra distance, binary distance, kendall's tau, Pearson correlation, Spearman correlation.

During hierarchical clustering, inter-cluster distances are defined by linkage functions. Several linkage functions can be used to calculate inter-cluster distances and include, but are not limited to single linkage (Sneath, 1957, Journal of General Microbiology, 17:201-226), complete linkage (McQuitty, 1960, Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20:55-67; Sokal and Sneath, 1963, Principles of Numerical Taxonomy, San Francisco:Freeman), UPGMA/group average (Sokal and Michener, 1958, University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin, 38:1409-1438), UPGMC/unweighted centroid (Lance and Williams, 1965, Computer Journal, 8246:249), WPGMC/weighted centroid (Gower, 1967, Biometrics, 30:623-637) and Ward's method of minimum variance (Ward, 1963, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 58:236-244).

To determine the biological relevance of each subtype, the biomarkers within each cluster may be further mapped to their corresponding genes and annotated by cross-reference to one or more databases referencing metabolic and signaling pathways, human gene functions and disease association, and/or ontological categories (e.g. biological processes, cellular components, molecular functions). In another example embodiment, biomarkers in clusters that are up regulated and enriched for immune response general functional terms are grouped into a putative non-angiongenesis sample group and used for expression signature generation. In another example embodiment, biomarkers in clusters that are down regulated and enriched for angiogenesis and vasculature development and are up regulated and enriched for immune response general functional terms are grouped into a putative non-angiongenesis sample group and used for expression signature generation. Further details for conducting functional analysis of biomarker clusters is provided in the Examples section below.

The following methods may be used to derive panels or expression signatures for distinguishing between cancers that belong to the sub-type or not or between subjects that are responsive or non-responsive to anti-angiogenic therapeutics, or as prognostic indicators of certain cancer types, including expression signatures derived from the biomarkers disclosed above. In certain other example embodiments, the panel or expression signature is derived using a decision tree (Hastie et al. The Elements of Statistical Learning, Springer, New York 2001), a random forest (Breiman, 2001 Random Forests, Machine Learning 45:5), a neural network (Bishop, Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995), discriminant analysis (Duda et al. Patter Classification, 2nd ed., John Wiley, New York 2001), including, but not limited to linear, diagonal linear, quadratic and logistic discriminant analysis, a Prediction Analysis for Microarrays (PAM, (Tibshirani et al., 2002, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:6567-6572)) or a Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy analysis. (SIMCA, (Wold, 1976, Pattern Recogn. 8:127-139)). Classification trees (Breiman, Leo; Friedman, J. H.; Olshen, R. A.; Stone, C. J. (1984). Classification and regression trees. Monterey, Calif.: Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole Advanced Books & Software. ISBN 978-0-412-04841-8) provide a means of predicting outcomes based on logic and rules. A classification tree is built through a process called binary recursive partitioning, which is an iterative procedure of splitting the data into partitions/branches. The goal is to build a tree that distinguishes among pre-defined classes. Each node in the tree corresponds to a variable. To choose the best split at a node, each variable is considered in turn, where every possible split is tried and considered, and the best split is the one which produces the largest decrease in diversity of the classification label within each partition. This is repeated for all variables, and the winner is chosen as the best splitter for that node. The process is continued at the next node and in this manner, a full tree is generated. One of the advantages of classification trees over other supervised learning approaches such as discriminant analysis, is that the variables that are used to build the tree can be either categorical, or numeric, or a mix of both. In this way it is possible to generate a classification tree for predicting outcomes based on say the directionality of gene expression. Random forest algorithms (Breiman, Leo (2001). “Random Forests”. Machine Learning 45 (1): 5-32. doi:10.1023/A:1010933404324) provide a further extension to classification trees, whereby a collection of classification trees are randomly generated to form a “forest” and an average of the predicted outcomes from each tree is used to make inference with respect to the outcome.

Biomarker expression values may be defined in combination with corresponding scalar weights on the real scale with varying magnitude, which are further combined through linear or non-linear, algebraic, trigonometric or correlative means into a single scalar value via an algebraic, statistical leaming, Bayesian, regression, or similar algorithms which together with a mathematically derived decision function on the scalar value provide a predictive model by which expression profiles from samples may be resolved into discrete classes of responder or non-responder, resistant or non-resistant, to a specified drug, drug class, molecular subtype, or treatment regimen. Such predictive models, including biomarker membership, are developed by learning weights and the decision threshold, optimized for sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values, hazard ratio or any combination thereof, under cross-validation, bootstrapping or similar sampling techniques, from a set of representative expression profiles from historical patient samples with known drug response and/or resistance.

In one embodiment, the biomarkers are used to form a weighted sum of their signals, where individual weights can be positive or negative. The resulting sum (“expression score”) is compared with a pre-determined reference point or value. The comparison with the reference point or value may be used to diagnose, or predict a clinical condition or outcome.

In certain example embodiments, the panel or expression signature is defined by a decision function. A decision function is a set of weighted expression values derived using a linear classifier. All linear classifiers define the decision function using the following equation:

f(x)=w′·x+b=Σw _(i) ·x _(i) +b  (1)

All measurement values, such as the microarray gene expression intensities x_(i), for a certain sample are collected in a vector x. Each intensity is then multiplied with a corresponding weight w_(i) to obtain the value of the decision function f(x) after adding an offset term b. In deriving the decision function, the linear classifier will further define a threshold value that splits the gene expression data space into two disjoint sections. Example linear classifiers include but are not limited to partial least squares (PLS), (Nguyen et al., Bioinformatics 18 (2002) 39-50), support vector machines (SVM) (Schölkopf et al., Learning with Kernels, MIT Press, Cambridge 2002), and shrinkage discriminant analysis (SDA) (Ahdesmäki et al., Annals of applied statistics 4, 503-519 (2010)). In one example embodiment, the linear classifier is a PLS linear classifier.

The decision function is empirically derived on a large set of training samples, for example from patients showing a good or poor clinical prognosis. The threshold separates a patient group based on different characteristics such as, but not limited to, clinical prognosis before or after a given therapeutic treatment. The interpretation of this quantity, i.e. the cut-off threshold, is derived in the development phase (“training”) from a set of patients with known outcome. The corresponding weights and the responsiveness/resistance cut-off threshold for the decision score are fixed a priori from training data by methods known to those skilled in the art. In one example embodiment, Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) is used for determining the weights. (L. Ståhle, S. Wold, J. Chemom. 1 (1987) 185-196; D. V. Nguyen, D. M. Rocke, Bioinformatics 18 (2002) 39-50).

Effectively, this means that the data space, i.e. the set of all possible combinations of biomarker expression values, is split into two mutually exclusive groups corresponding to different clinical classifications or predictions, for example, one corresponding to good clinical prognosis and poor clinical prognosis. In the context of the overall classifier, relative over-expression of a certain biomarker can either increase the decision score (positive weight) or reduce it (negative weight) and thus contribute to an overall decision of, for example, a good clinical prognosis.

In certain example embodiments of the invention, the data is transformed non-linearly before applying a weighted sum as described above. This non-linear transformation might include increasing the dimensionality of the data. The non-linear transformation and weighted summation might also be performed implicitly, for example, through the use of a kernel function. (Schölkopf et al. Learning with Kernels, MIT Press, Cambridge 2002).

In certain example embodiments, the patient training set data is derived by isolated RNA from a corresponding cancer tissue sample set and determining expression values by hybridizing the cDNA amplified from the isolated RNA to a microarray. In certain example embodiments, the microarray used in deriving the panel or expression signature is a transcriptome array. As used herein a “transcriptome array” refers to a microarray containing probe sets that are designed to hybridize to sequences that have been verified as expressed in the diseased tissue of interest. Given alternative splicing and variable poly-A tail processing between tissues and biological contexts, it is possible that probes designed against the same gene sequence derived from another tissue source or biological context will not effectively bind to transcripts expressed in the diseased tissue of interest, leading to a loss of potentially relevant biological information. Accordingly, it is beneficial to verify what sequences are expressed in the disease tissue of interest before deriving a microarray probe set. Verification of expressed sequences in a particular disease context may be done, for example, by isolating and sequencing total RNA from a diseased tissue sample set and cross-referencing the isolated sequences with known nucleic acid sequence databases to verify that the probe set on the transcriptome array is designed against the sequences actually expressed in the diseased tissue of interest. Methods for making transcriptome arrays are described in United States Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0134663, which is incorporated herein by reference. In certain example embodiments, the probe set of the transcriptome array is designed to bind within 300 nucleotides of the 3′ end of a transcript. Methods for designing transcriptome arrays with probe sets that bind within 300 nucleotides of the 3′ end of target transcripts are disclosed in United States Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0082218, which is incorporated by reference herein. In certain example embodiments, the microarray used in deriving the gene expression profiles of the present invention is the Almac Ovarian Cancer DSA™ microarray (Almac Group, Craigavon, United Kingdom).

An optimal (linear) classifier can be selected by evaluating a (linear) classifier's performance using such diagnostics as “area under the curve” (AUC). AUC refers to the area under the curve of a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, both of which are well known in the art. AUC measures are useful for comparing the accuracy of a classifier across the complete data range. (Linear) classifiers with a higher AUC have a greater capacity to classify unknowns correctly between two groups of interest (e.g., ovarian cancer samples and normal or control samples). ROC curves are useful for plotting the performance of a particular feature (e.g., any of the biomarkers described herein and/or any item of additional biomedical information) in distinguishing between two populations (e.g., individuals responding and not responding to a therapeutic agent). Typically, the feature data across the entire population (e.g., the cases and controls) are sorted in ascending order based on the value of a single feature. Then, for each value for that feature, the true positive and false positive rates for the data are calculated. The true positive rate is determined by counting the number of cases above the value for that feature and then dividing by the total number of positive cases. The false positive rate is determined by counting the number of controls above the value for that feature and then dividing by the total number of controls. Although this definition refers to scenarios in which a feature is elevated in cases compared to controls, this definition also applies to scenarios in which a feature is lower in cases compared to the controls (in such a scenario, samples below the value for that feature would be counted). ROC curves can be generated for a single feature as well as for other single outputs, for example, a combination of two or more features can be mathematically combined (e.g., added, subtracted, multiplied, etc.) to provide a single sum value, and this single sum value can be plotted in a ROC curve. Additionally, any combination of multiple features, in which the combination derives a single output value, can be plotted in a ROC curve. These combinations of features may comprise a test. The ROC curve is the plot of the true positive rate (sensitivity) of a test against the false positive rate (1-specificity) of the test.

In certain embodiments deriving a panel of at least 2 biomarkers, wherein the expression level(s) of the at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from a subject with a cancer allows the cancer to be allocated to a sub-type (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B comprises obtaining the expression profiles of a training set of samples known to belong to the sub-type or not using microarray probes

mapping probes to genes and measuring gene expression using the log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each gene

within nested CV, performing quantile normalization following a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield

ranking genes/features based on correlation adjusted t-scores² and discarding 10% of the least important genes until 5 genes remain

identifying a panel of at least 2 biomarkers for which AUC and C-Index (Concordance Index) for the Progression free survival (PFS) endpoint under cross-validation are significant.

In further embodiments deriving a panel of at least 2 biomarkers, wherein the expression level(s) of the at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from a subject with a cancer allows the cancer to be allocated to a sub-type (optionally) wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B comprises

obtaining the expression profiles of a training set of samples known to belong to the sub-type or not using microarray probes

mapping probes to genes and measuring gene expression using the log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each gene

within nested CV, performing quantile normalization following a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield

using Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) for feature reduction to discard 10% of the least important genes (based upon their discriminatory ability) until 5 genes remain

identifying a panel of at least 2 biomarkers for which AUC and C-Index (Concordance Index) for the Progression free survival (PFS) endpoint under cross-validation are significant.

The signatures/panels described herein may result from the application of the methods for deriving panels of biomarkers described herein.

According to all aspects of the invention the method may comprise allocating the cancer to the sub-type based on the expression level of a panel of one or more, optionally two or more, biomarkers derived using the method outlined above in a sample from the subject.

The example systems, methods, and acts described in the embodiments presented previously are illustrative, and, in alternative embodiments, certain acts can be performed in a different order, in parallel with one another, omitted entirely, and/or combined between different example embodiments, and/or certain additional acts can be performed, without departing from the scope and spirit of various embodiments. Accordingly, such alternative embodiments are included in the examples described herein.

Although specific embodiments have been described above in detail, the description is merely for purposes of illustration. It should be appreciated, therefore, that many aspects described above are not intended as required or essential elements unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Modifications of, and equivalent components or acts corresponding to, the disclosed aspects of the example embodiments, in addition to those described above, can be made by a person of ordinary skill in the art, having the benefit of the present disclosure, without departing from the spirit and scope of embodiments defined in the following claims, the scope of which is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass such modifications and equivalent structures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1: Heat map showing unsupervised hierarchical clustering of gene expression data using the 1040 most variable genes in the 265 Edinburgh high grade serous ovarian carcinomas. Gene expression across all samples is represented horizontally. Functional processes corresponding to each gene cluster are labeled along the right of the figure. Angio, Immune, and Angiolmmune subgroups are labeled for each of the sample clusters, and color coded along the top as described in the legend box.

FIG. 2: Kaplan-Meier analysis of subgroups with respect to overall survival as defined by unsupervised clustering analysis of 265 Edinburgh high grade serous ovarian carcinomas

FIG. 3: AUC performance for predicting the molecular subtype calculated at a range of feature lengths. The red circle depicts the mean AUC performance of the 1000 random sampling of genes and the green error bars represent −/+2 standard deviations from the mean.

FIG. 4: C-index performance measured using the signature scores within the control arm for predicting the overall survival at a range of feature lengths. The red circle depicts the mean C-index performance of the 1000 random sampling of genes and the green error bars represent −/+2 standard deviations from the mean.

FIG. 5: Hazard ratio (HR) performance within the samples predicted as “Immune” for predicting the overall survival at a range of feature lengths. The red circle depicts the mean HR performance of the 1000 random sampling of genes and the green error bars represent −/+2 standard deviations from the mean.

FIG. 6: Signature development: AUC of training set under CV.

FIG. 7: Signature development: C-Index of training set under CV.

FIG. 8: Signature development: HR of training set under CV.

FIG. 9: Signature development: HR of ICON7 SOC samples under CV.

FIG. 10: Signature development: C-Index of ICON7 SOC samples under CV.

FIG. 11: Signature development: HR of ICON7 Immune samples under CV.

FIG. 12: Signature development: HR of ICON7 ProAngio samples under CV.

FIG. 13: Core set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_CoreGenes_lnternalVal.png.

FIG. 14: Core set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_CoreGenes_Tothill.png.

FIG. 15: Core set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_CoreGenes_ICON7_SOC.png.

FIG. 16: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_MinGenes_Tothill.png.

FIG. 17: ICON7 SOC: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_MinGenes_ICON7_SOC.png.

FIG. 18: ICON7 Immune: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune63GeneSig_MinGenes_ICON7_Immune.png.

FIG. 19: AUC (area under the receiver operator characteristic curve) performance of the training set measured under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation using for predicting the Immune subtype. The performance for predicting the Immune subtype (AUC) was very strong at larger feature lengths and decreases as the number of features gets smaller. A feature length of 121 genes has been selected, which yields a significant AUC of 90.05 [87.80, 92.29].

FIG. 20: C-Index (concordance index) performance of the training set measured under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for predicting PFS (Progression Free Survival). A feature length of 121 genes yields a significant C-Index of 39.87 [38.31, 41.43].

FIG. 21: Hazard Ratio (HR) performance of the ICON7 Standard of care (SOC) arm samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 121 genes yields a significant HR of 0.55 [0.45, 0.67]. This demonstrates the prognostic utility of the signature in SOC samples.

FIG. 22: C-Index performance of the ICON7 Standard of care (SOC) arm samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 121 genes yields a significant C-Index of 41.54 [39.94, 43.14]. This demonstrates the prognostic utility of the signature (independent of cut-off) in SOC samples.

FIG. 23: HR performance of the ICON7 Immune group (as identified by the 63 gene signature) samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 121 genes yields a significant HR of 1.80 [1.46, 2.22] showing lack of benefit of the addition of bevacuzimab in the Immune group.

FIG. 24: Core gene set analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the Internal validation sample set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 25: Core gene set analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the Tothill data set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 26: Core gene set analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the ICON7 SOC data set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 27: Minimum gene analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the Tothill data set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 11 of the signature genes.

FIG. 28: Minimum gene analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the ICON7 SOC sample set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 4 of the signature genes.

FIG. 29: Minimum gene analysis results for the 121 gene signature in the ICON7 Immune sample set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 11 of the signature genes.

FIG. 30: AUC (area under the receiver operator characteristic curve) performance of the training set measured under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation using for predicting the Immune subtype. The performance for predicting the Immune subtype (AUC) was very strong at larger feature lengths and decreases as the number of features gets smaller. A feature length of 232 genes has been selected, which yields a significant AUC of 94.29 [93.16, 95.42].

FIG. 31: C-Index (concordance index) performance of the training set measured under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for predicting PFS (Progression Free Survival). A feature length of 232 genes yields a significant C-Index of 39.35 [38.43, 40.27].

FIG. 32: Hazard Ratio (HR) performance of the ICON7 Standard of care (SOC) arm samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 232 genes yields a significant HR of 0.57 [0.48, 0.67]. This demonstrates the prognostic utility of the signature in SOC samples.

FIG. 33: C-Index performance of the ICON7 Standard of care (SOC) arm samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 232 genes yields a significant C-Index of 40.81 [39.52, 42.10]. This demonstrates the prognostic utility of the signature (independent of cut-off) in SOC samples.

FIG. 34: HR performance of the ICON7 Immune group (as identified by the 63 gene signature) samples under 10 repeats of five-fold cross validation for the PFS endpoint. A feature length of 232 genes yields a significant HR of 1.63 [1.39, 1.99] showing lack of benefit of the addition of bevacuzimab in the Immune group.

FIG. 35: Core gene set analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the Internal validation sample set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 36: Core gene set analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the Tothill data set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 37: Core gene set analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the ICON7 SOC data set. Genes highlighted in red have the largest negative impact on the HR performance when removed from the signature.

FIG. 38: Minimum gene analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the Tothill data set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 25 of the signature genes.

FIG. 39: Minimum gene analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the ICON7 SOC sample set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 10 of the signature genes.

FIG. 40: Minimum gene analysis results for the 232 gene signature in the ICON7 Immune sample set. A significant HR can be achieved using at least 11 of the signature genes.

FIG. 41: Signature development: AUC of training set under CV.

FIG. 42: Signature development: C-Index of training set under CV.

FIG. 43: Signature development: HR of ICON7 SOC samples under CV.

FIG. 44: Signature development: C-Index of ICON7 SOC samples under CV.

FIG. 45: Signature development: HR of ICON7 Immune samples under CV.

FIG. 46: Signature development: HR of ICON7 ProAngio samples under CV.

FIG. 47: Core set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_CoreGenes_InternalVal.png.

FIG. 48: Core set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_CoreGenes_Tothill.png.

FIG. 49: Core set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_CoreGenes_ICON7_SOC.png.

FIG. 50: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_MinGenes_Tothill.png.

FIG. 51: ICON7 SOC: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_MinGenes_ICON7 SOC.png.

FIG. 52: ICON7 Immune: Minimum gene set analysis: Immune_188GeneSig_MinGenes_ICON7 Immune.png.

EXAMPLES

The present invention will be further understood by reference to the following experimental examples.

Example 1: Tissue Processing, Hierarchical Clustering and Subtype Identification Tumor Material

A cohort of 287 macrodissected epithelial serous ovarian tumor FFPE tissue samples sourced from the NHS Lothian and University of Edinburgh.

Gene Expression Profiling from FFPE

Total RNA was extracted from macrodissected FFPE tissue using the High Pure RNA Paraffin Kit (Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany). RNA was converted into complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA), which was subsequently amplified and converted into single-stranded form using the SPIA® technology of the WT-Ovation™ FFPE RNA Amplification System V2 (NuGEN Technologies Inc., San Carlos, Calif., USA). The amplified single-stranded cDNA was then fragemented and biotin labeled using the FL-Ovation™ cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN Technologies Inc.). The fragmented and labeled cDNA was then hybridized to the Almac Ovarian Cancer DSA™. Almac's Ovarian Cancer DSA research tool has been optimised for analysis of FFPE tissue samples, enabling the use of valuable archived tissue banks. The Almac Ovarian Cancer DSA™ research tool is an innovative microarray platform that represents the transcriptome in both normal and cancerous ovarian tissues. Consequently, the Ovarian Cancer DSA™ provides a comprehensive representation of the transcriptome within the ovarian disease and tissue setting, not available using generic microarray platforms. Arrays were scanned using the Affymentrix Genechip® Scanner 7G (Affymetrix Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.).

Data Preparation

Quality Control (QC) of profiled samples was carried out using MAS5 pre-processing algorithm. Different technical aspects were addressed: average noise and background homogeneity, percentage of present call (array quality), signal quality, RNA quality and hybridization quality. Distributions and Median Absolute Deviation of corresponding parameters were analyzed and used to identify possible outliers.

Almac's Ovarian Cancer DSA™ contains probes that primarily target the area within 300 nucleotides from the 3′ end. Therefore standard Affymetrix RNA quality measures were adapted—for housekeeping genes intensities of 3′ end probe sets with ratios of 3′ end probe set intensity to the average background intensity were used in addition to usual 3′/5′ ratios. Hybridization controls were checked to ensure that their intensities and present calls conform to the requirements specified by Affymetrix.

Hierarchical Clustering and Functional Analysis

Sample pre-processing was carried out using Robust Multi-Array analysis (RMA) [Irizarry R A, Bolstad B M, Collin F, Cope L M, Hobbs B, Speed T P. Summaries of Affymetrix GeneChip probe level data. Nucleic acids research 2003; 31:015]. The data matrix was sorted by decreasing variance, decreasing intensity and increasing correlation to cDNA yield. Following filtering of probe sets correlated with cDNA yield, incremental subsets of the data matrix were tested for cluster stability: the GAP statistic [Tibshirani R, Walther G, Hastie T. Estimating the number of clusters in a data set via the gap statistic. J Roy Stat Soc B 2001; 63:411-23] was applied to calculate the number of sample and probe set clusters while the stability of cluster composition was assessed using partition comparison methods. The final most variable probe set list was determined based on the smallest and most stable data matrix for the selected number of sample cluster.

Following standardization of the data matrix to the median probe set expression values, agglomerative hierarchical clustering was performed using Euclidean distance and Ward's linkage method [Ward J H. Hierarchical Grouping to Optimize an Objective Function. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1963; 58:236-&.]. The optimal number of sample and probe set clusters was determined using the GAP statistic [Tibshirani R, Walther G, Hastie T. Estimating the number of clusters in a data set via the gap statistic. J Roy Stat Soc B 2001; 63:411-23]. The significance of the distribution of clinical parameter factor levels across sample clusters was assessed using ANOVA (continuous factor) or chi-squared analysis (discrete factor) and corrected for false discovery rate (product of p-value and number of tests performed). A corrected p-value threshold of 0.05 was used as criterion for significance. Ovarian Cancer DSA® probe sets were remapped to genes using an annotation pipeline based on Ensembl v60 [http://oct2012.archive.ensembl.org/]. Functional enrichment analysis was conducted to identify and rank biological entities which were found to be associated with the clustered gene sets using the Gene Ontology biological processes classification [Ashburner M, Ball C A, Blake J A, et al. Gene ontology: tool for the unification of biology. The Gene Ontology Consortium. Nature genetics 2000; 25:25-9]. Entities were ranked according to a statistically derived enrichment score [Cho R J, Huang M X, Campbell M J, et al. Transcriptional regulation and function during the human cell cycle. Nature genetics 2001; 27:48-54] and adjusted for multiple testing [Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y. Controlling the False Discovery Rate—a Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing. J Roy Stat Soc B Met 1995; 57:289-300]. A corrected p-value of 0.05 was used as significance threshold. The identified enriched processes were summarised into an overall group function for each probe set/gene cluster.

Defining the Core Genes

The core angiogenic and immune genes were defined by evaluating functional enrichment of the 136 immune and 350 angiogeneic probe sets that constitute the immune and angiogenic clusters from the unsupervised analysis of the 265 HGS samples was performed using Almac's Functional Enrichment Tool (FET) v1.1.0. The functions were ordered by p-value and the 100 most significant biological functions were looked at. Of these 100 significant functions the ones directly related to immune processes (immune response, inflamatory response, interferon, antigen processing) or angiogeneic processes (angiogenesis, vasculature development, system development) were kept and the genes involved in each process were kept and remapped to the ovarian array resulting in the 238 core functional genes (77 immune, 161 angiogenesis)

Results

265 HGS tumors passed microarray QC and subsequently underwent unsupervised hierarchical clustering based on 1400 most variable probe sets (corresponding to 1040 genes). Three sample clusters and four gene clusters were identified (FIG. 1). There was no significant association between HGS clusters and clinico-pathological features. Functional analysis (FIG. 1) revealed that cluster HGS3 was characterized by up regulation of genes associated with immune response and angiogenesis/vascular development (cluster referred to as Angioimmune forthwith). Cluster HGS1 was associated with upregulation of angiogenesis/vascular development (although apparently to a lesser extent than cluster HGS3) but without high expression of genes involved in immune response (cluster referred to as Angio forthwith). Cluster HGS2 was characterized by upregulation of genes involved in immune response without upregulation of genes involved in angiogenesis or vascular development (cluster referred to as Immune forthwith).

Multivariable survival analysis according to subgroup revealed that the patients in the Immune cluster had significantly prolonged OS compared to both patients in the Angioimmune (HR-0.58 [0.41-0.82], padj=0.001) and Angio clusters (HR-0.55 [0.37−0.80], padj=0.001). Kaplan-Meier curves are shown in FIG. 2 (univariable HR and p-values are shown).

Since patients in the Immune cluster had a significantly better outcome than those in the other clusters we proceeded to develop an assay to prospectively identify these patients in the clinic. In addition, given the low expression of angiogenic genes in the immune cluster, we hypothesized that this assay may identify a population that would not benefit from therapies targeting angiogenesis, although it would require additional datasets to test this theory. For the purpose of signature generation the Angio and Angioimmune clusters were grouped together and labeled as the “pro-angiogenic” group.

Example 2: Determining the Minimum Number of Core Genes Required to Identify the Subtype Methods

The core set of genes to define the “Immune” subtype comprise 161 angiogenesis related probesets and 77 immune related probesets. The general pattern of expression to define the subtype is up-regulation of immune probesets and down-regulation of angiogenesis probesets.

Scoring Method for Predicting the Immune Subtype

A scoring method was derived to enable classification of patients into one of either the Immune or Pro-Angiogenic subtypes. The scoring method is based on the following, using the 265 high grade serous (HGS) samples that were used to discovery the subtype:

-   -   Median centre the probeset expression of the RMA (Robust Multi         Array) pre-processed data.     -   To score each sample, calculate the average expression of the         161 angiogenesis probesets subtract from the average expression         of the 77 immune probesets.     -   A score of 0 is used to dichotomise samples into either Immune         (greater than 0) or Pro-angiogenic (less than 0).

Minimum Number of Genes Required

The ratio of Immune:Angiogenesis probesets is approximately 2:1, therefore in evaluating the minimum number of probesets required to classify samples into the Immune or Pro-angiogenic subtype, it is assumed that a 2:1 ratio should be maintained.

The minimum number of features considered were 3 (2 angio and 1 immune) increasing by three at each iteration up to 228 (maintaining the 2:1 ratio). At each feature length 1000 random samplings of the probesets was performed, and the 265 HGS samples were scored by the signature as described above.

The performance of the signatures was measured by the following:

-   -   The discrimination between the Immune and Pro-angiogenic groups         based on the signature scores in the 265 HGS samples, measured         using area under the receiver operator characteristic curve         (AUC)     -   The Concordance-index (C-index) in the ICON7 clinical trial         control arm samples, measuring the discrimination of overall         survival (OS)     -   The hazard ratio of the treatment effect on OS in the Immune         group, as predicted by the signature

Results

Scoring Method for Predicting the Immune Subtype

The scoring method applied to all samples using all core probesets resulted in an AUC performance against the subtype endpoint of 0.89 [0.85−0.93].

Minimum Number of Genes Required

FIG. 3 shows the AUC performance for predicting the subtype using a minimum of 3 probesets up to 228 probesets, where the 2:1 ratio of angiogenesis to immune probesets was maintained across all signatures. At a minimum of 3 probesets, the AUC performance is still significantly greater than 0.5 suggesting that with the use of a minimum of 2 angiogenesis probesets and 1 immune probeset, it is possible to predict the molecular subgroup significantly better than by chance.

FIG. 4 shows the C-index performance at a range of feature lengths in the ICON7 control samples measured against OS. A C-index that is significantly less than 0.5 is reflective of a survival advantage in patients with higher scores over those with lower scores. The results in FIG. 4 show that with a minimum of 2 angiogenesis probesets and 1 immune probeset the C-index is significantly lower than 0.5, therefore the survival differences in the control arm are evident with a minimum of 3 probesets.

FIG. 5 shows the HR of the treatment effect on OS in the immune group as predicted by the signatures at each feature length. A HR greater than 1.0 is reflective of a survival disadvantage in patients who received the treatment in addition to standard of care. With a minimum of 3 probesets the survival differences are evident between the treated with Avastin and control arm, with a HR significantly greater than 1.0.

Example Signature 1: Immune 63 Gene Signature Samples

-   -   Internal training samples: This sample set comprised of 193 High         Grade Serous Ovarian samples retrieved from the Edinburgh         Ovarian Cancer Database     -   Tothill samples: This is a publically available dataset, from         which 152 High Grade Serous Ovarian samples were used for         analysis     -   ICON7 samples: This sample set comprises of 284 High Grade         Serous samples from a phase III randomized trial of carboplatin         and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab first line cancer         treatment which were accessed through the MRC (Medical Research         Council).         -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples— refers to patients             who did not receive the addition of bevacizumab         -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the Immune group by the Immune 63 gene             signature         -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the ProAngiogenesis group by the Immune             63 gene signature

Methods:

Signature Development

A balanced sample set of 193 Ovarian HGS samples were used to develop the signature using the PLS¹⁹ (Partial Least Squares) method during 10 repeats of 5-fold cross validation (CV). The following steps were used within signature development:

-   -   Probesets mapped to genes and gene expression measured using the         log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each         gene     -   Within nested CV, quantile normalization was performed following         a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low         intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield     -   Genes/features were ranking based on correlation adjusted         t-scores² and feature reduction involved discarding 10% of the         least important genes until 5 genes remained     -   The 63 gene signature was identified as the feature set for         which the hazard ratio (HR) predicting Progression free survival         (PFS) under cross-validation was optimal

The following datasets have been evaluated within CV to determine the performance of the 63 gene signature:

-   -   Internal training set—193 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples     -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples

Core Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the core gene set of the signature is to determine a ranking for the genes based upon their impact on performance when removed from the signature.

This analysis involved 1,000,000 random samplings of 10 signature genes from the original 63 signature gene set. At each iteration, 10 randomly selected signature genes were removed and the performance of the remaining 53 genes was evaluated using the PFS endpoint to determine the impact on HR performance when these 10 genes were removed in the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Internal Validation—72 samples     -   Tothill HGS²¹ (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples

Within each of these 3 datasets, the signature genes were weighted based upon the change in HR performance (Delta HR) based upon their inclusion or exclusion. Genes ranked ‘1’ have the most negative impact on performance when removed and those ranked ‘63’ have the least impact on performance when removed.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the minimum number of genes is to determine if significant performance can be achieved within smaller subsets of the original signature.

This analysis involved 10,000 random samplings of the 63 signature genes starting at 1 gene/feature, up to a maximum of 25 genes/features. For each randomly selected feature length, the signature was redeveloped using the PLS machine learning method under CV and model parameters derived. At each feature length, all randomly selected signatures were applied to calculate signature scores for the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Tothill³ HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples

Continuous signature scores were evaluated with PFS (Progression Free Survival) to determine the HR (Hazard Ratio) effect. The HR for all random signatures at each feature length was summarized and figures generated to visualize the performance over CV.

Results

Signature Development

This section presents the results of signature development within CV.

-   -   Internal training set: FIGS. 6, 7 & 8 show the AUC (Area under         the receiver operating curve), C-Index (Concordance Index) & HR         of the training set, from which the 63 gene signature was         identified.     -   ICON7 SOC: FIGS. 9 & 10 show the HR and C-Index of the ICON7 SOC         samples under CV.     -   ICON7 Immune group: FIG. 11 shows the HR of the ICON7 Immune         samples (as identified by the 63 gene signature) under CV.     -   ICON7 ProAngio group: FIG. 12 shows the HR of the ICON7 ProAngio         samples (as identified by the 63 gene signature) under CV.

Core Gene Analysis

The results for the core gene analysis of the 63 gene signature in 3 datasets is provided in this section.

-   -   Internal Validation: Delta HR performance measured in this         dataset for the 63 signature genes is shown in FIG. 13. This         figure highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which         are the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   Tothill HGS: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for         the 63 signature genes is shown in FIG. 14. This figure         highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are         the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   ICON7 SOC: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for the         63 signature genes is shown in FIG. 15. This figure highlights         the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are the most         important in retaining a good HR performance within this         dataset.     -   Delta HR across these 3 datasets was evaluated to obtain a         combined gene ranking for each of the signature genes. The ranks         assigned to the signature genes based on the core set analysis         have been outlined in Immune63GeneSig_CoreGenes_HR.txt.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The results for the minimum gene analysis of the 63 gene signature in 3 datasets is provided in this section.

-   -   Tothill HGS: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 16. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 5         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 SOC: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 17. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 2         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 Immune: The average HR performance measured in this         dataset using the random sampling of the signature genes from a         feature length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 18. This figure shows         that to retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a         minimum of 5 of the signature genes must be selected.     -   In summary, it is recommended that a minimum of at least 5 genes         can be used and significant performance will be retained.

Example Signature 2: Immune 121 Gene Signature Samples

-   -   Internal training samples: This sample set comprised of 193 High         Grade Serous Ovarian samples retrieved from the Edinburgh         Ovarian Cancer Database     -   Tothill samples: This is a publically available dataset, from         which 152 High Grade Serous Ovarian samples were used for         analysis     -   ICON7 samples: This sample set comprises of 284 High Grade         Serous samples from a phase III randomized trial of carboplatin         and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab first line cancer         treatment which were accessed through the MRC (Medical Research         Council).         -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples—refers to patients             who did not receive the addition of bevacizumab         -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the Immune group by the Immune 63 gene             signature         -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the ProAngiogenesis group by the Immune             63 gene signature

Methods:

Signature Development

A balanced sample set of 193 Ovarian HGS samples were used to develop the signature using the PLS¹⁹ (Partial Least Squares) method during 10 repeats of 5-fold cross validation (CV). The following steps were used within signature development:

-   -   Probesets mapped to genes and gene expression measured using the         log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each         gene     -   The Immune 63 signature genes (Example signature 1) were removed         from the full set of genes     -   Within nested CV, quantile normalization was performed following         a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low         intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield     -   Genes/features were ranking based on correlation adjusted         t-scores² and feature reduction involved discarding 10% of the         least important genes until 5 genes remained     -   The 121 gene signature was identified as the smallest feature         set for which AUC & C-Index (Concordance Index) for the         Progression free survival (PFS) endpoint under cross-validation         were optimal.

The following datasets have been evaluated within CV to determine the performance of the 121 gene signature:

-   -   Internal training set—193 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples     -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples

Core Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the core gene set of the signature is to determine a ranking for the genes based upon their impact on performance when removed from the signature.

This analysis involved 1,000,000 random samplings of 10 signature genes from the original 121 signature gene set. At each iteration, 10 randomly selected signature genes were removed and the performance of the remaining 111 genes was evaluated using the PFS endpoint to determine the impact on HR performance when these 10 genes were removed in the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Internal Validation—72 samples     -   Tothill²¹ HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples

Within each of these 3 datasets, the signature genes were weighted based upon the change in HR performance (Delta HR) based upon their inclusion or exclusion. Genes ranked ‘1’ have the most negative impact on performance when removed and those ranked ‘121’ have the least impact on performance when removed.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the minimum number of genes is to determine if significant performance can be achieved within smaller subsets of the original signature.

This analysis involved 10,000 random samplings of the 121 signature genes starting at 1 gene/feature, up to a maximum of 25 genes/features. For each randomly selected feature length, the signature was redeveloped using the PLS machine learning method under CV and model parameters derived. At each feature length, all randomly selected signatures were applied to calculate signature scores for the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Tothill²¹ HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples

Continuous signature scores were evaluated with PFS (Progression Free Survival) to determine the HR (Hazard Ratio) effect. The HR for all random signatures at each feature length was summarized and figures generated to visualize the performance over CV.

Results

Signature Development

This section presents the results of signature development within CV.

-   -   Internal training set: FIGS. 19 & 20 show the AUC (Area under         the receiver operating curve), C-Index for the training set,         from which the 121 gene signature was identified.     -   ICON7 SOC: FIGS. 21 & 22 show the HR and C-Index of the ICON7         SOC samples under CV.     -   ICON7 Immune group: FIG. 23 shows the HR of the ICON7 Immune         samples (Immune samples identified by the 63 gene signature)         under CV.

Core Gene Analysis

The results for the core gene analysis of the 121 gene signature in 3 datasets are provided in this section.

-   -   Internal Validation: Delta HR performance measured in this         dataset for the 121 signature genes is shown in FIG. 24. This         figure highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which         are the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   Tothill HGS: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for         the 121 signature genes is shown in FIG. 25. This figure         highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are         the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   ICON7 SOC: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for the         121 signature genes is shown in FIG. 26. This figure highlights         the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are the most         important in retaining a good HR performance within this         dataset.     -   Delta HR across these 3 datasets was evaluated to obtain a         combined gene ranking for each of the signature genes. The ranks         assigned to the signature genes based on the core set analysis         have been outlined in Immune121GeneSig_CoreGenes_HR.txt.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The results for the minimum gene analysis of the 121 gene signature in 3 datasets are provided in this section.

-   -   Tothill HGS: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 27. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 11         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 SOC: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 28. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 4         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 Immune: The average HR performance measured in this         dataset using the random sampling of the signature genes from a         feature length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 29. This figure shows         that to retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a         minimum of 11 of the signature genes must be selected.     -   In summary, it is recommended that a minimum of at least 11         genes can be used and significant performance will be retained.

Example Signature 3: Immune 232 Gene Signature Samples

-   -   Internal training samples: This sample set comprised of 193 High         Grade Serous Ovarian samples retrieved from the Edinburgh         Ovarian Cancer Database     -   Tothill samples: This is a publically available dataset, from         which 152 High Grade Serous Ovarian samples were used for         analysis     -   ICON7 samples: This sample set comprises of 284 High Grade         Serous samples from a phase III randomized trial of carboplatin         and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab first line cancer         treatment which were accessed through the MRC (Medical Research         Council).         -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples—refers to patients             who did not receive the addition of bevacizumab         -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the Immune group by the Immune 63 gene             signature         -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the ProAngiogenesis group by the Immune             63 gene signature

Methods:

Signature Development

A balanced sample set of 193 Ovarian HGS samples were used to develop the signature using the PLS¹⁹ (Partial Least Squares) method during 10 repeats of 5-fold cross validation (CV). The following steps were used within signature development:

-   -   Probesets mapped to genes and gene expression measured using the         log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each         gene     -   The Immune 63 (Example signature 1) & 121 (Example signature 2)         signature genes were removed from the full set of genes prior to         signature development     -   Within nested CV, quantile normalization was performed following         a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low         intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield     -   Genes/features were ranking based on correlation adjusted         t-scores²⁰ and feature reduction involved discarding 10% of the         least important genes until 5 genes remained     -   The 232 gene signature was identified as a feature set for which         AUC & C-Index (Concordance Index) for the Progression free         survival (PFS) endpoint under cross-validation were significant

The following datasets have been evaluated within CV to determine the performance of the 232 gene signature:

-   -   Internal training set—193 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples     -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples

Core Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the core gene set of the signature is to determine a ranking for the genes based upon their impact on performance when removed from the signature.

This analysis involved 1,000,000 random samplings of 10 signature genes from the original 232 signature gene set. At each iteration, 10 randomly selected signature genes were removed and the performance of the remaining 222 genes was evaluated using the PFS endpoint to determine the impact on HR performance when these 10 genes were removed in the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Internal Validation—72 samples     -   Tothill²¹ HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples

Within each of these 3 datasets, the signature genes were weighted based upon the change in HR performance (Delta HR) based upon their inclusion or exclusion. Genes ranked ‘1’ have the most negative impact on performance when removed and those ranked ‘232’ have the least impact on performance when removed.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the minimum number of genes is to determine if significant performance can be achieved within smaller subsets of the original signature.

This analysis involved 10,000 random samplings of the 232 signature genes starting at 1 gene/feature, up to a maximum of 25 genes/features. For each randomly selected feature length, the signature was redeveloped using the PLS machine learning method under CV and model parameters derived. At each feature length, all randomly selected signatures were applied to calculate signature scores for the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Tothill²¹ HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples

Continuous signature scores were evaluated with PFS (Progression Free Survival) to determine the HR (Hazard Ratio) effect. The HR for all random signatures at each feature length was summarized and figures generated to visualize the performance over CV.

Results

Signature Development

This section presents the results of signature development within CV.

-   -   Internal training set: FIGS. 30 & 31 show the AUC (Area under         the receiver operating curve), C-Index for the training set,         from which the 232 gene signature was identified.     -   ICON7 SOC: FIGS. 32 & 33 show the HR and C-Index of the ICON7         SOC samples under CV.     -   ICON7 Immune group: FIG. 34 shows the HR of the ICON7 Immune         samples (Immune samples identified by the 63 gene signature)         under CV.

Core Gene Analysis

The results for the core gene analysis of the 232 gene signature in 3 datasets are provided in this section.

-   -   Internal Validation: Delta HR performance measured in this         dataset for the 232 signature genes is shown in FIG. 35. This         figure highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which         are the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   Tothill HGS: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for         the 232 signature genes is shown in FIG. 36. This figure         highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are         the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   ICON7 SOC: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for the         232 signature genes is shown in FIG. 37. This figure highlights         the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are the most         important in retaining a good HR performance within this         dataset.     -   Delta HR across these 3 datasets was evaluated to obtain a         combined gene ranking for each of the signature genes. The ranks         assigned to the signature genes based on the core set analysis         have been outlined in Immune232GeneSig_CoreGenes_HR.txt.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The results for the minimum gene analysis of the 232 gene signature in 3 datasets are provided in this section.

-   -   Tothill HGS: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 38. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 25         signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 SOC: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 39. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 10         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 Immune: The average HR performance measured in this         dataset using the random sampling of the signature genes from a         feature length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 40. This figure shows         that to retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a         minimum of 11 of the signature genes must be selected.     -   In summary, it is recommended that a minimum of at least 25         genes can be used and significant performance will be retained.

Example Signature 4: Immune 188 Gene Signature Samples

-   -   Internal training samples: This sample set comprised of 193 High         Grade Serous Ovarian samples retrieved from the Edinburgh         Ovarian Cancer Database     -   Tothill samples: This is a publically available dataset, from         which 152 High Grade Serous Ovarian samples were used for         analysis     -   ICON7 samples: This sample set comprises of 284 High Grade         Serous samples from a phase III randomized trial of carboplatin         and paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab first line cancer         treatment which were accessed through the MRC (Medical Research         Council).         -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples—refers to patients             who did not receive the addition of bevacizumab         -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the Immune group by the Immune 63 gene             signature         -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples: this refers to the ICON7             samples predicted in the ProAngiogenesis group by the Immune             63 gene signature

Methods:

Signature Development

A balanced sample set of 193 Ovarian HGS samples were used to develop the signature using the SDA (Ahdesmaki, M. and Strimmer, K. (2010) Feature selection in omics prediction problems using cat scores and false non-discovery rate control Annals of applied statistics 4, 503-519) (Shrinkage Discriminate Analysis) method during 10 repeats of 5-fold cross validation (CV). The following steps were used within signature development:

-   -   Probesets mapped to genes and gene expression measured using the         log₂ transformation of the median probeset expression for each         gene     -   The Immune 63 signature genes were removed from the full set of         genes prior to signature development     -   Within nested CV, quantile normalization was performed following         a pre-filtering to remove 75% of genes with low variance, low         intensity, and high correlation to cDNA yield     -   Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) was used for feature         reduction involved discarding the 10% of the least important         genes (based upon their discriminatory ability) until 5 genes         remained     -   The 188 gene signature was identified as a feature set for which         AUC & C-Index (Concordance Index) for the Progression free         survival (PFS) endpoint under cross-validation were significant

The following datasets have been evaluated within CV to determine the performance of the 188 gene signature:

-   -   Internal training set—193 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples     -   ICON7 ProAngio group—168 samples

Core Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the core gene set of the signature is to determine a ranking for the genes based upon their impact on performance when removed from the signature.

This analysis involved 1,000,000 random samplings of 10 signature genes from the original 188 signature gene set. At each iteration, 10 randomly selected signature genes were removed and the performance of the remaining 178 genes was evaluated using the PFS endpoint to determine the impact on HR performance when these 10 genes were removed in the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Internal Validation—72 samples     -   Tothill (Tothill R W, Tinker A V, George J, et al. Novel         molecular subtypes of serous and endometrioid ovarian cancer         linked to clinical outcome. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5198-208)         HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples

Within each of these 3 datasets, the signature genes were weighted based upon the change in HR performance (Delta HR) based upon their inclusion or exclusion. Genes ranked ‘1’ have the most negative impact on performance when removed and those ranked ‘188’ have the least impact on performance when removed.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The purpose of evaluating the minimum number of genes is to determine if significant performance can be achieved within smaller subsets of the original signature.

This analysis involved 10,000 random samplings of the 188 signature genes starting at 1 gene/feature, up to a maximum of 25 (or 35 in the case of Tothill dataset) genes/features. For each randomly selected feature length, the signature was redeveloped using the SDA machine learning method under CV and model parameters derived. At each feature length, all randomly selected signatures were applied to calculate signature scores for the following 3 datasets:

-   -   Tothill (Tothill R W, Tinker A V, George J, et al. Novel         molecular subtypes of serous and endometrioid ovarian cancer         linked to clinical outcome. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5198-208)         HGS (High Grade Serous)—152 samples     -   ICON7 SOC (Standard of Care)—140 samples     -   ICON7 Immune group—116 samples

Continuous signature scores were evaluated with PFS (Progression Free Survival) to determine the HR (Hazard Ratio) effect. The HR for all random signatures at each feature length was summarized and figures generated to visualize the performance over CV.

Results

Signature Development

This section presents the results of signature development within CV.

-   -   Internal training set: FIGS. 41 & 42 show the AUC (Area under         the receiver operating curve), C-Index for the training set,         from which the 188 gene signature was identified.     -   ICON7 SOC: FIGS. 43 & 44 show the HR and C-Index of the ICON7         SOC samples under CV.     -   ICON7 Immune group: FIG. 45 shows the HR of the ICON7 Immune         samples (Immune samples identified by the 63 gene signature)         under CV.     -   ICON7 ProAngio group: FIG. 46 shows the HR of the ICON7 ProAngio         samples (ProAngio samples identified by the 63 gene signature)         under CV.

Core Gene Analysis

The results for the core gene analysis of the 188 gene signature in 3 datasets is provided in this section.

-   -   Internal Validation: Delta HR performance measured in this         dataset for the 188 signature genes is shown in FIG. 47. This         figure highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which         are the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   Tothill HGS: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for         the 188 signature genes is shown in FIG. 48. This figure         highlights the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are         the most important in retaining a good HR performance within         this dataset.     -   ICON7 SOC: Delta HR performance measured in this dataset for the         188 signature genes is shown in FIG. 49. This figure highlights         the top 10 ranked genes in the signature which are the most         important in retaining a good HR performance within this         dataset.     -   Delta HR across these 3 datasets was evaluated to obtain a         combined gene ranking for each of the signature genes. The ranks         assigned to the signature genes based on the core set analysis         has been outlined in Immune188GeneSig_CoreGenes_HR.txt.

Minimum Gene Analysis

The results for the minimum gene analysis of the 188 gene signature in 3 datasets is provided in this section.

-   -   Tothill HGS: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.35 is shown in FIG. 50. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 26         signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 SOC: The average HR performance measured in this dataset         using the random sampling of the signature genes from a feature         length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 51. This figure shows that to         retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a minimum of 15         of the signature genes must be selected.     -   ICON7 Immune: The average HR performance measured in this         dataset using the random sampling of the signature genes from a         feature length of 1.25 is shown in FIG. 52. This figure shows         that to retain a significant HR performance (i.e. HR<1) a         minimum of 24 of the signature genes must be selected.     -   In summary, it is recommended that a minimum of at least 26         genes can be used and significant performance will be retained.

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1. A method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising: measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B. wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.
 2. A method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising: measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type, wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated.
 3. A method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising: allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.
 4. A method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising: allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 5. A method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising: measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74.
 6. A method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising: measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein if the cancer belongs to the subtype the expression levels of the at least two biomarkers from Table A and the at least one biomarker from Table B are increased or decreased as defined for each biomarker in Table A and Table B wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type.
 7. A method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject with cancer, comprising: measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is contraindicated wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.
 8. A method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent comprising: allocating the cancer to a cancer sub-type by measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as responsive or non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent on the basis of allocation to the subtype, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type it is predicted to be non-responsive to the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.
 9. A method of determining clinical prognosis of a subject with cancer comprising: measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B classifying the subject as having a good prognosis if the cancer belongs to the sub-type wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.
 10. The method of claim 5, 6 or 9, wherein the subject is receiving, has received and/or will receive a standard chemotherapeutic treatment for the subject's cancer type and/or will not receive an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 11. The method of claim 5, 6, 9 or 10, wherein good prognosis indicates increased progression free survival and/or overall survival rates and/or decreased likelihood of recurrence or metastasis compared to subjects with cancers that do not belong to the sub-type.
 12. A method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to a subject wherein the subject is selected for treatment on the basis of a method as claimed in any previous claim and wherein an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is not administered (if the cancer is determined to belong to the subtype).
 13. A method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent and not administering an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject, wherein the subject has a cancer that has been determined to belong to a cancer sub-type, wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B, by either: (i) measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74; or (ii) measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C.
 14. A chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject is selected for treatment on the basis of a method as claimed in any previous claim and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent (if the cancer is determined to belong to the subtype).
 15. A chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that has been determined to belong to a cancer sub-type, wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B, by either: (i) measuring the expression levels of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type wherein the at least 3 biomarkers do not comprise at least two biomarkers selected from COL1A2, COL3A1, TIMP3, COL4A1, COL8A1, CDH11, TIMP2, ANGPTL2, and MMP14 and at least one biomarker selected from CIITA, XAF1 and CD74; or (ii) measuring the expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from the subject and assessing from the expression levels of the biomarkers whether the cancer belongs to the cancer sub-type wherein the at least 2 biomarkers do not consist of from 1 to 63 of the biomarkers shown in Table C. and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 16. A method of treating cancer comprising administering a chemotherapeutic agent to a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B and wherein an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is not administered.
 17. A chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject has a cancer that belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B and wherein the subject is not treated with an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 18. The method of any of claims 12, 13, or 16 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent comprises a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent, an alkylating agent, an anti-metabolite, an anti-tumor antibiotic, a topoisomerase inhibitor, a mitotic inhibitor, or a combination thereof.
 19. The method of any of claims 12, 13, or 16 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent comprises a platinum based-chemotherapeutic agent, a mitotic inhibitor, or a combination thereof.
 20. The method of any of claims 12, 13, or 16 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent comprises carboplatin and/or paclitaxel.
 21. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 20 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 20 wherein assessing whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type comprises: determining a sample expression score for the biomarkers; comparing the sample expression score to a threshold score; and determining whether the sample expression score is above or equal to or below the threshold expression score, wherein if the sample expression score is above or equal to the threshold expression score the cancer belongs to the sub-type.
 22. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 21 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 21 wherein the at least two biomarkers do not comprise any one or more of the 63 biomarkers shown in table C.
 23. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 22 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 22, wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by increased and decreased expression levels of the genes listed in Tables A and B as shown in Tables A and B.
 24. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 23 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 23, wherein the subject is receiving, has received and/or will receive (optionally together with the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent) treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent.
 25. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 24 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 24 further comprising obtaining a test sample from the subject.
 26. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 25 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 25, wherein the cancer is ovarian cancer, peritoneal cancer or fallopian tube cancer.
 27. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 26, wherein the ovarian cancer is serous ovarian cancer, optionally high grade serous ovarian cancer.
 28. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 27 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 27, wherein the subject is receiving, has received and/or will receive an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 29. The method of any of claims 1 to 4, 7, 8, 10 to 13 16, or 18 to 28 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 28, wherein the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent is a VEGF-pathway-targeted therapeutic agent, an angiopoietin-TIE2 pathway inhibitor, an endogenous angiogenic inhibitor, or an immunomodulatory agent.
 30. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 29, wherein the VEGF pathway-targeted therapeutic agent is selected from Bevacizumab (Avastin), Aflibercept (VEGF Trap), IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab), Imatinib (Gleevec), Sorafenib (Nexavar), Gefitinib (Iressa), Sunitinib (Sutent), Erlotinib, Tivozinib, Cediranib (Recentin), Pazopanib (Votrient), BIBF 1120 (Vargatef), Dovitinib, Semaxanib (Sugen), Axitinib (AG013736), Vandetanib (Zactima), Nilotinib (Tasigna), Dasatinib (Sprycel), Vatalanib, Motesanib, ABT-869, TKI-258 or a combination thereof.
 31. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 29, wherein the angiopoietin-TIE2 pathway inhibitor is selected from AMG-386, PF-4856884 CVX-060, CEP-11981, CE-245677, MEDI-3617, CVX-241, Trastuzumab (Herceptin) or a combination thereof.
 32. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 29, wherein the endogenous angiogenic inhibitor is selected from Thombospondin, Endostatin, Tumstatin, Canstatin, Arrestin, Angiostatin, Vasostatin, Interferon alpha or a combination thereof.
 33. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 29, wherein the immunomodulatory agent is selected from thalidomide and lenalidomide.
 34. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 30, wherein the VEGF pathway-targeted therapeutic agent is bevacizumab.
 35. A method for selecting whether to administer Bevacizumab to a subject, comprising: in a test sample obtained from a subject suffering from ovarian cancer, which subject is being, has been and/or will be treated using a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor; measuring expression levels of at least 2 biomarkers; determining a sample expression score for the 2 or more biomarkers; comparing the sample expression score to a threshold score; wherein if the sample expression score is above or equal to the threshold expression score the cancer belongs to a cancer sub-type defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B selecting a treatment based on whether the cancer belongs to the sub-type, wherein if the cancer belongs to the sub-type Bevacizumab is contraindicated.
 36. The method of claim 35 further comprising obtaining the sample from the subject.
 37. The method of claim 35 or 36 wherein the ovarian cancer comprises serous ovarian cancer.
 38. The method of claim 37 wherein the serous ovarian cancer is high grade serous ovarian cancer.
 39. The method of any one of claims 35 to 38 wherein if Bevacizumab is contraindicated the patient is treated with a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor.
 40. The method of any one of claims 35 to 38 wherein if the cancer does not belong to the sub-type the patient is treated with a platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent and/or a mitotic inhibitor together with Bevacizumab.
 41. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, or 18 to 40 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 34 comprising measuring the expression level of at least 3 biomarkers in a sample from the subject, wherein at least two of the biomarkers are from Table A and at least one of the biomarkers is from Table B.
 42. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, or 18 to 40 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 34 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least 4 of the biomarkers from Table F.
 43. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least one of GABRE, HLA-DPA1, CHI3L1, KCND2, GBP3, UPK2, SYTL4, LRRN1, USP53 and POU2F3.
 44. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 34 or 42 comprising measuring the expression levels of each of GABRE, HLA-DPA1, CHI3L1, KCND2, GBP3, UPK2, SYTL4, LRRN1, USP53 and POU2F3.
 45. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, or 17 to 34 or 42 comprising measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers from Table F.
 46. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 45 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 45 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least 10 of the biomarkers from Table I.
 47. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 46 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 46 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least one of MT1L, MT1G, LRP4, RASL11B, IFI27, PKIA, ALOX5AP, UBD, MEX3B, and TMEM98.
 48. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 46 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 46 comprising measuring the expression levels of each of MT1L, MT1G, LRP4, RASL11B, IFI27, PKIA, ALOX5AP, UBD, MEX3B, and TMEM98.
 49. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 46 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 46, comprising measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers listed in Table I.
 50. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 49 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 49 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least 15 of the biomarkers from Table L.
 51. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 50 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 50 comprising measuring the expression levels of at least one of MTL1, GABRE, KCND2, UPK2, HLA-DPA1, SYTL4, SCEL, MZT1, EFNB3, and DLL1.
 52. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 50 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 50 comprising measuring the expression levels of each of MTL1, GABRE, KCND2, UPK2, HLA-DPA1, SYTL4, SCEL, MZT1, EFNB3, and DLL1.
 53. The method of any of claims 7 to 13, 16, 18 to 40 or 42 to 50 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 42 to 50, comprising measuring the expression levels of each of the biomarkers listed in Table L.
 54. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 53 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 41 to 53, wherein the expression score is calculated using a weight value and/or a bias value for each biomarker.
 55. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 54 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 41 to 54 wherein the expression level is determined at the level of RNA.
 56. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 55 wherein the expression level is determined by microarray, northern blotting, or nucleic acid amplification.
 57. The method or chemotherapeutic agent for use of claim 55 or 56, wherein measuring the expression levels of the biomarkers comprises contacting the sample with a set of nucleic acid probes or primers that bind to the biomarkers and detecting binding of the set of nucleic acid probes or primers to the biomarkers by microarray, northern blotting, or nucleic acid amplification.
 58. A method of deriving a panel of at least 2 biomarkers, wherein the expression level(s) of the at least 2 biomarkers in a sample from a subject with a cancer allows the cancer to be allocated to a sub-type wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by the expression levels of the genes in Tables A and B said method comprising the steps of: sorting samples from a sample set of known pathology and/or clinical outcome on the basis of allocation to the sub-type obtaining the expression profiles of the samples analysing the expression profiles from the sample set using a mathematical model identifying from the results of the mathematical model one or more biomarkers expressed in the sample set that are most predictive of the cancer sub-type.
 59. The method of claim 58, wherein the cancer sub-type is defined by increased and decreased expression levels of the genes listed in Tables A and B as shown in Tables A and B
 60. The method of claim 58 or 59, wherein the mathematical model is a parametric, non-parametric or semi-parametric model.
 61. The method of any of claims 58 to 60, wherein the mathematical model is Partial Least Squares (PLS), Shrinkage Discriminate Analysis (SDA), or Diagonal SDA (DSDA).
 62. The method of any of claims 58 to 61 wherein identifying from the results of the mathematical model one or more biomarkers expressed in the sample set that are most predictive of the cancer sub-type comprises identifying one or more biomarkers for which area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) and Concordance Index (C-Index) are significant.
 63. The method of any of claims 1 to 13, 16, or 18 to 62 or chemotherapeutic agent for use of any of claims 14, 15, 17 to 34 or 41 to 62, wherein the cancer is allocated to the sub-type based on the expression level of a panel of one or more biomarkers derived using the method of any of claims 58-62 in a sample from the subject.
 64. An anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent for use in treating cancer in a subject wherein the subject is selected for treatment on the basis of a method as claimed in any previous claim, wherein allocation of the subject to the subtype contra-indicates the anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent.
 65. A method for selecting whether to administer an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent to a subject having a cancer substantially as herein described.
 66. A method for predicting the responsiveness of a subject with cancer to an anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent substantially as herein described.
 67. A method of determining clinical prognosis substantially as herein described.
 68. A method for selecting whether to administer Bevacizumab to a subject substantially as herein described.
 69. A chemotherapeutic agent for use in treating cancer substantially as herein described.
 70. A method of treating cancer substantially as herein described. 